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To quickly find out the correct horizontal/verical values (for example relative to a barline) to use for a category, do like this:
- Create a sample expression with cleared positioning offset values, but that use the same positioning types as the category will use.
- Drag the expression to the point where it looks correct
- Bring up the context menu for the expression and select Edit Expression Assignment...
- Read the values at Offset from Alignment Point and enter them in the category positioning fields.
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Here are two different ways to use Common Time and 4/4 time signatures in the same document.
First method can be used only if you don't use "alla bréve" (2/2) in your piece - here's how to do it:
- Go to the Options/Document Settings/Time Signature Options... dialog box.
- Make sure that Abbreviate Common Time to is unchecked.
- Make sure that Abbreviate Cut Time to is checked. Also, change the character to use for cut time to the Common Time symbol. Normaly, you should enter c in that entry box (instead of C).
- Now you can use both 4/4 and Common Time. To display common time, use the time signature of 2/2.
Second method can be used in any document:
- Go to the Options/Document Settings/Time Signature Options... dialog box. Make sure that Abbreviate Common Time to is checked. Close the dialog box.
- When you later want 4/4 instead of the default Common Time, click on the Options >> button to expand the time signature dialog. Check Use a Different Time Signature for Display and uncheck Abbreviate. 4/4 will now show up instead of Common Time.
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Sometimes it can be very handy to make a huge zoom-in to control the exact placements of the elements in the Finale document. A problem with the Zoom Tool is that you rarely get the area you want to view. But there is a fast and controlled solution available. To quickly zoom in to 1000% (which is Finale's maximum zoom value), do like this:
- Press down the control keys (please refer to your Quick Reference Card) to temporary get the Zoom Tool - or select the Zoom Tool icon
- Push down the mouse button to start a zoom drag operation. [If you're using on the temporary Zoom Tool method on the PC, you should use the right mouse button for dragging.] Push down the mouse button at one of the "corners" of the zoom area.
- Now just move the mouse a very small distance - only until a small dashed rectangle is shown. [This rectangular area represents the 1000% zoom.]
- When you see the rectangle, release the mouse button.
You can quickly get back to the previous zoom state and view by double-click with the right mouse button.
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If you want to change the visual contents around a multimeasure rest (easiest changed in Scroll View), this information may be of use:
- Entries that aren't note-attached (such as measure-attached expressions and text blocks) are displayed at the multimeasure rest if they are attached to the first measure in the region.
- If you want to change the barline after a multimeasure rest, you have to change the barline after the last measure in the region.
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To change the notehead font on just a section of the music, use staff styles. A staff style can be applied on a partial measure selection, and in this way you can create a new staff style that uses another notehead font on just one or a few notes.
To change the notehead font on a single note only, use the Note Shape Tool (in the Special Tools).