Hi Esh,
Excellent reply! Coda's Finale is absolutely unbeatable. Well worth the money spent if you are really serious about building professional looking sheet music. Another thought, Cakewalk products are also excellent, but they are not serious notation products. They are excellent at recording and editing MIDI or audio files and converting the files to burn to CD or MP3 files. The notation capability is a "tag along" in Pro Audio, Home Studio or Sonar because most people are more comfortable working with music in sheet music style than on a piano roll view. Cakewalk's notation products are strictly basic. So, I am with you --- spend the bucks on the appropriate software for your purpose. You get what you pay for, nothing more.