That worked great - thanks! (I was worried that I'd accidently assigned it as a metatool to the left mouse button or something - but wasn't even sure if that was possible...) :blush:

[Finale 2006b] Hi, I'm having some trouble placing expressions all of a sudden. When I click anywhere around the staff a "Piano" dynamic is applied to all the staffs without bring up the selection...

Works great, Thanks! :-) BTW, the arrangement is "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" for a Brass Quintet. I always find it easier to work with this selection in 9/8 time instead of the original 3/4.

I'm sure this has been answered before but, man, that's a lot of pages to read through. Anyway; I'm arranging a piece in 9/8 time (in three) and a nearly all the parts have rests at one point or...

No problem :smile: , and thanks! I do lots of "mass formatting" and I'll be sure to remember this for use in the future.