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When notes in two Finale layers fall on the same beat but are a major second apart, Finale usually automatically offsets some of them to avoid overlapping the noteheads. However, if you’ve turned off Automatic Music Spacing, Finale won’t adjust these for you until you take the following steps.

To fix overlapping noteheads in different layers

  1. Click the Selection tool  image\Selection_Tool.gif, and select the measures you want to edit. See Selecting music for more information.
  2. Choose Document > Document Options > Music Spacing. The Music Spacing options appear.
  3. Make sure that the Seconds checkbox is selected. You can also verify that other options you want included in spacing considerations are selected. See Document Options-Music Spacing for more information.
  4. Click Apply and then OK.
  5. Choose Utilities > Apply Note Spacing. Your music will be spaced to avoid collisions between seconds in different layers. See Document Options-Music Spacing for more information on different types of music spacing.

 

 

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