You can also change the stem options for the layer the notes are entered on, or move them to another layer. Lots of ways to get the job done, actually.

I guess I had never before had the need to run either check ties or check accidentals, so I wasn't already familiar with the procedure. And even though I saw in the manual where it said to run check...

Hmmm. I'm not sure if I'm glad or sorry to hear I'm not alone in this. Good news: I may have figured out, if not how I got into this mess, how to get out of it. I tried doing what Doug described -...

I've attached the lead sheet version that isolates the problem pretty well. Look at the first measure at rehearsal letter "B". There is a G# and a D# in the top staff. I had to explicitly make these...

Thanks for the suggestions. No, this is not a file I started on a different version. Yes, 2006c has the Canonic Utilities plug-in. Using it as suggested seems to have the same effect as the Check...