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Originally Posted by camiloochoa  dont make any pickup, just start writing in the 2 measure. |
After doing it this way for years (and just putting up with wrong-numbered measures, or hiding them and renumbering them myself using Text Tool),
I just tried something that worked the way the OP wants it to, I think. I have Finale SongWriter2010, and it will not allow me to directly select a full-measure pickup measure in 2/4 time, either. But this work-around trick worked for me in SongWriter2010--might work for you:
If you're making a new score:
(1) Launch the Document Set-up Wizard.
(2) When you get to the Score Settings window, select 4/4 Time Signature;
(3) THEN check the box in that same window that is labeled Specify Pickup Measure, and select the half-note (top left selection box).
(4) THEN go right back up and change the Time Signature to 2/4, and continue on.
If you already have a score in 2/4 time and you want to add a half-note pickup measure in front of it:
(1) Use the Time Signature tool to click on the first measure and change it to 4/4 time.
(2) Using the Selection Tool, highlight the first measure.
(3) Under Edit, select Insert Measure Stack and insert one measure.
(4) Insert your pickup half-note into that new first measure.
(5) Under Document, select PickUp Measure, then select a half-note (upper left box).
(6) Use the Time Signature tool again to click on the first measure and change it back to 2/4 time.
Using either of these procedures, the pickup measure will be measure zero. Measure one will be the first measure after the pickup measure.
