Changing tied 1/4 notes to a 1/2 note

PjotrB is perfectly right, the tuplet is the tool to use here. Once you get acquainted with how signposts can be copied with a simple alt-click, you’ll no longer find this complicated at all…

thanks Marc, your way worked for me, where the other one didn’t. (maybe it was that sip of coffee in between the 2 efforts LOL)