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if the vertical position is below the middle line then the fermata switches to "below the note".

and if that is not to your liking, Text can be used instead:

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.51,Single)
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|TempoVariance|Style:Fermata|Pause:0|Pos:-1|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-6|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|Text|Text:"y"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:-3|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-6|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

I really have no idea how to use nwc code.

What's odd about this was that I removed a fermata, and replaced it with one with a time duration, and it moved it from top to bottom.  I messed around with the up-and-down stems (I found out accidentally that that procedure is excellent when placing rests and adding notes to the same beat), but it didn't get me anywhere with the fermata.

Susanna, from what you wrote it seems you don't know that using <ctrl><alt><up/down> you can move the selected objects up/down.
Select the fermata, lower it below the staff center line and the fermata switches to "below the note".

I can't seem to make it work.  I have Noteworthy 2.1. Do I have to have a later version to do this?

|Text|Text:"y"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:-3|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote

except in some rare special cases, what's wrong with the "true" fermata?

Susanna, I beg your pardon: the correct key combination is <ctrl><shift><up/down>!

N.B. Rick is talking about using the text symbol. I was talking about "the fermata that is already there".

Rick, except in some rare special cases, what's wrong with the "true" fermata?

It does seem to shift them slightly to the left

Did you check that fermata placement is "centered" and "at next note/bar"?
In the latest version is the default for the fermata but maybe in version 2.1 was not. I don't remember.

Let's start from the beginning.

I mean: select the fermata (it's ok the way you did, selecting the anchor), then press <alt><enter> or right click on it and select "properties". A dialog box pops up.
Select the "placement" page.
There select position = "centered" and "at next note/bar".

Under the old software, putting the fermata above a stem-up note had centered it over the stem.

4) paste it in NWC

Hi Susanna,
in the text dialogue you should have a "Placement" tab - if you don't then go to | Tools | Options | Editor (tab) and remove the tick from "Smart Properties Insert".

In any case, you can always select the text and move it up or down with <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <Up/Dn Arrow>

Thanks, fixed it.  I thought I'd had it before, but that must have been before I upgraded to 2.5 (done just in the last few days).

... a text object.  Where you want an upside down fermata, press x to get text, for Display Font choose Staff Symbols, then pick t for an upside down fermata or y for a right side up version.
...

That's another thing, with placement of text.  I have a piece of music for guitar (the original was for lute) by Vincenzo Galilei, and I was trying to put the fingering on it.  Trouble was, whenever I tried to put one I had already placed elsewhere, it insisted on putting it at the exact same level that I put it before.  I thought I should be able to set a location, but when I called up the text dialog box, it only gave me the option for entering the text.  I seem to remember selecting the location (height or depth) when I did some other text.

I wouldn't worry about it, Susanna.  NoteWorthy Composer will be fine with just the correct suffix. And if you ever want to edit them, you'll be able to by just a double click.