Getting Jazz Swing style to work

Well, your example has deleted the Swing text, so of course your example won't swing. But if I add it back, it swings as expected. Be sure to add the actual Swing text from the Text palette - you can't just enter a normal system text with that word and expect it to work right away. You'd have to then right click in go into Staff Text Properties and set up the swing options as you see fit. The default for swing eighths is a 60/40 ration of first to second, which is appropriate for msot medium tempo swing pieces. It's too exagerrated at fast tempos, so you'd normally ewant to back that off to say 55/45. Or, at slower tempos, or if you are aiming for shuffle instead of swing, you could crank it up to 67/33.