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Below you see a list of "how-to" instructions arranged alphabetically by musical situation. If "Table of Contents" is selected this list also appears in the navigation pane to the left. This section is a musical cookbook. You won't find Staff Tool, Page Layout dialog box, or HyperScribe listed here because they are all terms you encounter only in Finale. (To learn about those and other Finale-specific topics, consult the "Reference" section of the Table of Contents or choose the "Search Reference (what it does)" filter located above your search results.)

Instead, this section contains entries for musical elements and situations, such as beaming, copying music, rehearsal marks and so on. After a brief introduction, each entry includes at least one step-by-step tutorial; broader topics, like Rests, have several such tutorials. Following each instruction is an explanation of the step you just took, a description of Finale's response to it, or a description of an available detour to another feature. The "how-tos" are devised so that, if you are in a hurry, you can skip the editorial material and just follow the bulleted instructions step-by-step.

These steps assume some familiarity with Finale. In particular, they assume you have worked through most of the Finale Tutorials Manual. Some of the tutorials in this section are, in fact, pared-down versions of the tutorials in the Installation and Tutorials manual. In some circumstances, then, you may learn the most by reviewing the same topic in both resources.

The Finale Encyclopedia is not meant to be a complete guide to Finale itself. Finale's flexibility allows for many approaches to a vast universe of musical styles. Although we can't cover every possibility, we've tried to anticipate as many musical problems as we could.

You will find many links to reference material, the Visual Index, and other sources. Use the Back button on your browser to return to previously viewed topics. Also note that all topics can be reached using the Table of Contents to your left, or by using the Search or Index functions. Use the "Search Encyclopedia (how to)" filter above your search results to display only Encyclopedia entries.

Here's hoping that this musical cookbook will yield some delicious results!

 

Numerics

8va/8vb

A

Accelerando

To place the word "Accelerando" into the score

To assign the expression for playback

Accidentals (Simple Entry)

To add a sharped or flatted note

To raise or lower a note

To add parentheses around accidentals

To hide or show an accidental

Accidentals (Speedy Entry)

To hide (or show) an accidental

To add or change an accidental

To correct accidentals on tied notes

To move an accidental

Adobe PDF Documents

To create a PDF document from a Finale file

Troubleshooting PDF documents

Arrows

Articulations

To put one articulation mark in the score

To move or delete an articulation

To change the articulation character

To design an articulation

To define an articulation for playback

To apply an articulation to every note in a region

To erase articulations from a region

To center and reposition existing articulations

To quickly change an articulation

To copy articulations

To copy markings based on a rhythmic match

To create an articulation metatool

To remove an articulation from the list

Attack and release

Audio

To import an audio file

To export an audio file

Audio Units

Augmentation

B

Backbeats

To alter the key velocity of backbeats

To copy or erase MIDI Tool editing

Barlines

To draw the barline on a group

To break a barline between grouped staves

To create one double, dotted, final, or other barline

To change barlines for groups

To change barlines in a selected region (or at regular intervals)

To hide one barline

To hide all barlines (no barline music)

To move a barline

To insert a false or custom barline

To change the tickness of barlines in a document

To correct barline display

To create a double left barline

Batch Printing

Beam Angles

To set the beam angle style globally

To change or restore the angle of a beam (Special Tools)

To remove angle modifications from a selected region

To change the angle of secondary beams

To limit the steepness of beams

To allow only flat beams on a single staff

To change a beam from the default angle to flat

Beam thickness

Beaming

To break (or create) a beam

To rebeam a selected region

To create custom beaming patterns

To prevent Finale from beaming automatically (Speedy Entry)

To beam eighth notes in quarter note groups

Beaming across barlines

Beaming over rests

Beaming: feathered beaming

Beaming:Secondary beams

To break secondary beams

To change a broken beam’s direction

To change the distance between beams

To change the angles of secondary beams

To change the height of stems in secondary beams

Beat positions

To create a beat chart in one measure

To move a beat

Bend hats

Blank pages

To add a blank page anywhere in your document

To delete a blank page anywhere in your document

Booklets

Boomwhackers® Tuned Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments

To create a new Boomwhackers® Percussion Tubes or Chroma-Notes™ Instruments score

To apply colored noteheads to an existing score

Brackets: Horizontal lines

Brackets: Notes

Brackets:Staves

To place a bracket on grouped staves

To move or stretch a bracket

To correct bracket display

To delete a bracket from a group

To create additional (nested) brackets

To modify brackets on a system-by-system basis

To create “floating” brackets

To move, stretch, or delete a floating bracket

Breath marks

C

Cadenzas

To permit unlimited notes in one measure (Time Signature method)

To permit unlimited notes in one measure (Position Notes Evenly method)

Cesuras

Channel Pressure

To retain Channel Pressure data for score playback

To edit Channel Pressure data

To copy or erase controller data

Character names

Choral music

Chord symbols

To enter chord symbols automatically

To type-in chord symbols

To play-in chord symbols (MIDI data input)

To edit chords directly in the score

To enter a chord symbol manually

To edit chords

To edit a chord suffix

To teach Finale “learned chords”

To edit or delete a learned chord

To move chord symbols up and down

To transpose chord symbols

To erase chords from a region

To copy chords from one region to another

To change the display or position of all chord symbols in a region

To prevent chord symbols from playing back

To program a chord symbol Metatool

To enter a chord using a Metatool

To create or load a Chord Suffix Library

To change chord symbol fonts

To left-justify chord symbols above the notes

To move chord symbols individually

To define a chord symbol manually with MIDI data input

Chords

To add notes to (or remove notes from) a chord

To change the pitch of a chord

To change the enharmonic spelling of a chord

To rearrange the noteheads of a cluster chord

Clefs

To set the starting clef for a staff

To insert a clef change at the beginning of a measure

To apply a clef change to a region of measures

To insert a mid-measure clef change

To change a clef you’ve inserted in mid-measure

To change the default clef

To hide a clef

To design a new clef

To design a shape clef

To change the horizontal positioning of starting clefs

To globally change the position and size of inserted clefs

To specify the location of key-signature accidentals in a nonstandard clef

Click and Countoff

To set up countoff measures and the metronome click (for Playback and HyperScribe recording)

To setup a click with a non-percussion playback device

Closed symbols

Coda

Common time

Composite time signatures

To create a composite meter

To remove a composite meter

Compound meters

Continuous data

To specify which continuous data you want to record with HyperScribe

To specify which continuous data you want to record in Transcription Mode

To retain continuous data for score playback in Transcription Mode

To edit continuous data

To copy or erase continuous data

Copying music

To copy and paste using the clipboard

To copy and paste by dragging

To copy and paste/insert stacks

To copy and insert using the clipboard

To copy and insert by dragging

To copy and insert stacks

To specify what you want to copy

To copy time signatures

To copy tempo changes

To copy across documents

To make a copy of a document

To copy multiple passages of music to another document (using Clip Files)

To combine files with Score Merger

To merge part files into a score with Score Merger

To copy markings based on a rhythmic match

Copyright notices

Counting measures

Courtesy accidentals

Courtesy clef changes

To globally prevent courtesy clefs from displaying

To prevent courtesy clefs from displaying in a single measure.

Courtesy key signatures

To force the display of the key signature in a measure

To hide the end-of-line courtesy key change (globally)

To hide the end-of-line courtesy key change (in one place)

To alter the key signature of the courtesy key signature

Courtesy time signatures

Crescendo/Decrescendo

To create a Smart Shape (graphic) crescendo or decrescendo marking

To move, reshape, or delete a Smart Shape crescendo

To align multiple Smart Shape hairpins

To change the default opening and thickness of Smart Shape hairpins

To create a playback crescendo or decrescendo with the MIDI Tool

To create a Text Expression (such as “cresc.” or “decresc.”)

To move or delete a crescendo (Text or Shape Expression)

Crossed hands

Cross-staff notes

To create cross-staff notation with the Cross-staff Plug-in

To create cross-staff notation

To restore cross-staff notes to their source staff

To restore cross-staff notes to their source staff temporarily

Cue notes

To create cue notes on a full-size staff

To create a cue staff

To restore a cue staff to full size

To prevent attached lyrics and chord symbols from shrinking

Custom lines

To place a custom line

To change which custom line is assigned to the palette icon

Cut time

To change the cut-time display

To mix abbreviated and non-abbreviated cut and common time signatures

Cutaway scores

D

Dashed lines

To draw a Smart Shape dashed line

To move, reshape, or delete a Smart Shape dashed line

Date stamps

D.C.

Diminution

Distances

To change the distance between staves

To make all staves equidistant

To change the distance between staff lines

To change the distance between notes

To change clef, key, and meter distances

Divisi

Document Styles

Doits

Dotted notes

To remove a dot from a note

To change the position of all dots

To change the position of a single dot

To undo individual dot positioning

Double barlines

Double whole notes

Downbeats

To move all downbeats graphically

To alter the key velocity of downbeats

To alter the attack points of downbeats

D.S., D.S. al Coda

To place a (sign) marking into the score

To place a “D.S.” marking into the score

Dynamics

To design a dynamic marking

To insert a dynamic marking into the score

To move or delete a dynamic marking

To define a dynamic marking for playback

E

8va/8vb

Elapsed Time

Elisions

To create invisible syllables when typing lyrics

To create an elision slur between lyrics

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

Enharmonics

To change a note to its enharmonic equivalent (Speedy Entry)

To change a note to its enharmonic equivalent (Simple Entry)

To change a chord’s enharmonic spelling (Speedy Entry)

To change all occurrences of a note (search and replace)

Engraver slurs

To edit engraver slurs

To define engraver slurs

Erasing

To erase everything from a selected region

To erase a note, rest, or chord (Simple Entry)

To erase a note from a chord

To erase selected elements from a selected region

Exploding music

Expressions

To assign an expression to a staff

To add an expression to multiple staves (Score Lists)

To assign expressions to multiple staves (Assignment Lists)

To add an expression using metatools

To move or delete an expression

To create an expression

To erase expressions from a region

To copy expressions

To move expressions assigned to score lists

To define an expression for playback

To change the default positioning for an expression category

To adjust the vertical positioning of expressions on a baseline

To create expression Metatools

Extracting parts

F

Fall-offs

Fermatas

Figured bass

Final barline

Fingering numbers

First and second endings

To create a repeat with first and second endings

To adjust the brackets on a repeat ending

To change the default bracket height for repeats (and set the number font)

To move, hide, or delete a text repeat

To change a backward repeat’s playback definition

To hide the ending brackets and text repeats for a specified staff

Flags

To change the character assignment for a flag

To use Straight Flags

To adjust the placement of Horizontal and Angled Straight Flags

Flutter-tongue

Font Annotation

Fonts

PostScript and TrueType

Where are the fonts installed?

How to identify font types

To globally change a musical element’s font

To change music fonts

To change every occurrence of one font to another

To change every occurrence of a font to a different size

To change the music font of noteheads on a staff by staff basis

To eliminate dimmed font names from a document’s font lists

Transporting files across platforms

Engraver Font: The Alternate Notehead Sets

Fretboard diagrams

To create or show fretboard diagrams globally

To show and hide fretboards for a region

To show and hide fretboards on individual chords (Manual Input)

To remove all fretboard diagrams

To move the fretboard diagrams up or down

To move fretboards indivudually

Fugues

G

Garritan Personal Orchestra Finale Edition

To use Garritan Instruments in new scores

To load a Garritan Instrument into the Aria Player for Finale

Choosing the appropriate Garritan sound (Player vs. Solo Instruments)

To add Keyswitches as expressions

General MIDI

Glissandos

To move, reshape, or delete a Smart Shape glissando

To define Glissando Placement settings

To change which glissando is assigned to the palette icon

To create a playback glissando

Grace notes

To create a grace note (Speedy Entry)

To create a grace note (Simple Entry)

To beam grace notes

To change the size of grace notes

To add or remove the slashes from grace notes globally

To add or remove the slashes from individual grace notes

To add a slash to beamed grace notes

To eliminate grace notes from a transcription

To create a graphic only “slashed” grace note

Grand pause

To create a G.P. marking

To move or delete the G.P. marking

To force a break in a multimeasure rest

Graphics

To export a selected region of music as a graphic

To export full pages of music as graphics (Page View)

To place graphics into the score

To place graphics into the Shape Designer

To assign a graphic to one or more pages

To assign a graphic to a measure

To scale a placed graphic proportionally

To position placed graphics on-screen

To position page-assigned graphics (Graphics Menu)

To position page-assigned graphics (Graphic Attributes dialog box)

To position measure-assigned graphics (Graphic Attributes dialog box)

To position page-assigned graphics on left- and right-facing pages (Graphic Attributes dialog box)

Grids and Guides

To show the grid

To create a guide

To snap to grids and guides

Group names

To create or edit a group name

To position group names (globally)

To reposition group names (individually)

To set the initial font for group names

To hide a group name (full score)

Groups

To group staves

To remove a group

To change the attributes of a group

To add staves to a group

To remove staves from a group

To configure a multiple-staff part to optimize

Guitar bends

Guitar Markings

Guitar Notation

To add hammer-ons, pull-offs and other guitar-specific markings

To combine notes with rhythmic notation slashes on one staff

To create pitched slashes (note-by-note method)

To use a MIDI guitar for entry

H

Harmonics

Harp pedal diagrams

Headless notes

To remove the head of a single note

To remove all noteheads

To remove all noteheads in a region

Hiding key signatures

Hiding notes and rests

Hiding staves

To hide staves for editing (Scroll View)

To hide staves for ossia measures or special playback

To hide staves for printing

To show hidden staves

Hiding time signatures

To hide the time signature in a measure

To hide automatic courtesy time signatures

Human Playback

GPO and Human Playback

Instrument Techniques and Effects

Hymns

Hyphens

HyperScribe

I

Imploding music

Importing

To import text

To open files from earlier versions of Finale or other MakeMusic products

To transport files across platforms

Indenting systems

Instrument List (Working with)

To assign staves to MIDI channels and instruments

To configure a new device in Audio MIDI Setup

Internet

K

Key signatures

Key velocity

To edit key velocity with the MIDI Tool

To record key velocity information

L

Landscape and Portrait orientation

Lead sheets

Ledger lines

Left barlines

Legal-size paper

Limiting MIDI data

Linked Parts

Special mouse clicks and keyboard shortcuts

To create linked parts

Navigating linked parts

To hide an item in the score (and leave it showing in parts)

To show an item in the score (and hide it in all Parts)

To show an item in one part only (and hide it in other parts and the score)

To reposition an item in the score without moving it in parts

To reposition an item in all parts while viewing a part

Expressions in linked parts

Repositioning expressions in linked parts

Show/hide setting for expressions in linked parts

Articulations in linked parts

Measure-attached text in linked parts

Page-attached text in linked parts

Single-page-attached text blocks

Multiple-page-attached text blocks

Page-attached graphics and in linked parts

Single page-attached graphics

Multiple page-attached graphics

Measure-attached graphics in linked parts

Tuplets in linked parts

Smart Shapes in linked parts

Note and notehead-attached Smart Shapes

Measure-attached smart shapes

Repeats in linked parts

Repositioning text repeats

Repositioning ending brackets

Show/hide setting for text repeats and ending brackets

Staff attributes in linked parts

Groups in linked parts

Staff Styles in linked parts

Chords, fretboards, and lyrics in linked parts

Hiding chords/fretboards

Hiding lyrics

Lead sheets in linked parts

Clefs in linked parts

Staff Lists in linked parts

Measure numbers in linked parts

Page-attached ossia measures in linked parts

Measure attributes in linked parts

Page layout in linked parts

To apply page layout settings to multiple parts

Music spacing in linked parts

Multimeasure rests in linked parts

Baseline positioning in linked parts

Adjusting baselines in the score

Adjusting baselines in a part

Baseline context menus

Enharmonics in linked parts

Time signatures in linked parts

Relinking part items to the score

Part names in linked parts

Printing linked parts

Tacet parts

Lyrics

To type lyrics directly into the score

To prepare lyrics in a separate window

To place lyrics into the score (click assignment)

To edit lyrics already in the score

To correct misaligned lyrics

To correct overlapping lyrics

To set the font for lyrics globally

To change fonts within a lyric

To prevent changing the type size for lyrics attached to cue notes

To set the baseline (vertical position) for lyrics numerically

To set the baseline (vertical position) for lyrics graphically

To move or delete a syllable

To erase lyrics

To copy lyrics

To clone lyrics

To change alignment and justification of syllables for individual notes

To set alignment and justification of syllables globally

To draw “word extension” underlines

To add “word extensions” on specific syllables only

To adjust the position of “word extension” underlines

M

Macros

Major seconds (in different voices and layers)

Manuscript paper

Margins

To change page margins

To change default page margins numerically

Masks

To mask a portion of a staff

To move, reshape, or delete a Shape Expression mask

To mask a portion of the score using the Graphics Tool

To move, reshape or delete a Graphics Tool mask

Measure layout

To move a measure to the previous (or next) system

To force selected measures into one system

To remove measure groups through the end of the piece

To remove measure groups for individual systems

To create a system break

Measure numbers

To create measure numbers

To remove measure numbers from a single staff

To move a single measure number

To add a measure number to an existing region

To reshape or remove a measure number’s enclosure

Measure repeat signs

Measures

To add blank measures at the end of the document

To insert blank measures within a document

To erase or remove measures

To delete a measure from a single staff

To change one measure’s width

To adjust measure widths in a system

To change the widths of many measures

To specify minimum or maximum measure widths

To split a measure across a system break

Measures per line

To specify a number of measures per line (within a region)

To remove measure groups from the current page to the end

To remove measure groups from a selected region

Melismas

To create invisible syllables when typing lyrics

To shift lyrics to the right or left

Metatools

Metronome markings

To create a metronome marking

To move or delete the marking

To define the metronome marking for playback

To create complex metronome markings

To hide the scratch staff

MicNotator

Setting up MicNotator

Using MicNotator with Speedy Entry

Using MicNotator with Simple Entry

Using MicNotator with HyperScribe

MIDI

To copy or erase captured (or edited) MIDI data

To send an All Notes Off message

To correct erratic MIDI playback

To change a MIDI channel in mid-staff

To move or delete the channel-change expression

To assign a staff to more than one MIDI channel

MIDI files

To import a MIDI file

To export a MIDI file

MIDISync

To transmit MIDI Sync data while playing back a Finale document

To receive MIDI Sync data while playing back a Finale document

To transmit MIDI Sync data while recording in the Transcription Mode

To use the MIDI Sync signal to provide the “tap” in HyperScribe

To transmit Song Pointer data during playback

Minor keys

Mirroring

To create a mirror (intelligent copy)

To identify mirrored measures in the score

To convert mirrored measures into “normal” measures

To create a composite mirror

To rebeam or edit an existing mirror

Mordents

Multimeasure rests

To set up the appearance of multimeasure rests

To display symbols for multimeasure rests

To create a multimeasure rest

To break a multimeasure rest

To edit the appearance of a multimeasure rest

To display a measure number range for a multimeasure rest

Multiple key signatures

Multiple Passes and Endings

To create multiple passes for a repeat ending

To create multiple endings

Multiple time signatures

Multiple voices

To enter multiple voices using layers

To move music from one layer to another

To enter multiple voices using V1/V2

To enter additional voices by superimposing staves

Music spacing

To turn off Automatic Music Spacing

To load an Music Spacing library into an open document

To reapply music spacing over a region

To edit an existing Music Spacing library

To restore a region to proportional spacing

To create a new Music Spacing library from scratch

To save your edited or newly created Music Spacing library

To specify minimum or maximum measure widths

Mutes

N

Neutral key

Nonstandard key signatures

To create nonstandard key signatures

To create a quarter-tone scale or key signature

Note positioning

Note shapes

To change the shape of a notehead

To copy individual notehead changes to other measures

To change all notehead shapes of a specified duration and pitch

Note size

To reduce or enlarge the notes (but retain staff size)

To reduce or enlarge selected notes (or noteheads)

To restore a region of modified notes to their original size

Noteheads

Note values (durations)

O

Optimizing systems

To optimize all (or specified) systems

To remove staff optimization from all (or specified) systems

To optimize staff by staff

To remove staves from a single system

Ossia

To create a floating (ossia) measure

To hide the scratch staff

To move, edit, or delete a floating measure

P

Page layout

To change the distance between systems

To specify a number of systems per page

To change the page margins

To set the page size

To change the page layout

To change the default page layout (Page Format for Score dialog box)

To apply a different page layout to selected pages

Page numbers

Page size

Page turns

Page View

Parentheses

Part Voicing

Patches

To establish the initial program settings for each staff

To set up a patch change on playback

To “chase” patch changes before playback

To set up patch changes using the MIDI Tool

Pedal markings

To create pedal down and pedal up markings (Smart Shape method)

To draw a pedal on/off diagram (Smart Shape method)

To create playback pedaling using the MIDI Tool

Percussion

Percussion note entry

To setup playback for a percussion staff

To setup an external MIDI device for percussion input & playback

To load a percussion layout library

To save a percussion layout library

To create a percussion staff

To edit percussion layouts

To create a percussion staff with a customized percussion layout

To adjust stem connections on noteheads

To create slashes-with-cues drum notation

To import a MIDI file with a standard percussion track

To assign Note Types for regions of percussion notation

To identify MIDI Note numbers for percussion notation

Percussion Tones

Piano reductions

Pickup measures

Pitch wheel

To edit pitch wheel data

To create a pitch bend (as an expression)

Pizzicato

Playback

To play back a score

To use Playback Controls

To use real-time mixer controls

To play back selected staves

To send an All Notes Off message

To correct erratic MIDI playback

To specify playback parameters

To make the music scroll during playback

To “audio spot-check” music

Portrait orientation

PostScript

Printing

Punch in/Punch out

Q

Quantization Guide

R

Rallentando

To place the Rall. marking into a score

To move or delete a Rall. marking

To define a Rall. marking for playback

To return to the original tempo after a rallentando (a tempo)

Recording with HyperScribe

To record into one or two staves

To use multitrack recording (HyperScribe)

To use a metronome click with AU

To record an audio track

To Correct Audio Recording Latency

Rebarring music

Redraw

Reducing/enlarging

To reduce or enlarge a staff or system

To reduce or enlarge all the music on a page (or the entire piece)

To prevent certain items from shrinking

Rehearsal marks

To add rehearsal marks

To define and add custom rehearsal marks

To move or delete a rehearsal mark

To restart rehearsal mark numbering

Repeats (barlines and text indications)

To place a basic repeat in your score

To delete a repeat barline

To break a repeat barline that connects staves

To place a text repeat in your score

Rests (Simple Entry)

To move a rest vertically

To add a rest

To change a rest’s duration

To change a rest to a note

To change a note to a rest

To hide a rest

Rests (Speedy Entry)

To move a rest vertically or horizontally

To add a rest

To change a rest’s duration

To change a rest to a note

To change a single note to a rest

To hide a rest

Retranscription

Reverse stems

To create a reverse stem

To temporarily display reverse-stemmed notes with normal stems

Rolled chords

To create the rolled chord marking

To adjust, move, or delete the rolled chord marking

To define a rolled chord marking for playback

Running headers

S

Scanning

Choosing the best scanner for SmartScore

To scan and import sheet music

Using your scanner's software to scan sheet music for Finale import

Third-party scanning software (ScanVue)

To import scanned TIFF files

For HP Precision Scan

Scroll View

Search and replace

Selecting music

To select a region of measures

To select a large region without scrolling

Shape Designer

To enter the Shape Designer

To create a shape

Shape note music

Simple Entry

Using a mouse to enter music

Using your computer keyboard to enter music (Simple Entry)

Slashes

Slurs

To create a note-attached slur

To move, reshape, or delete Smart Shape slurs

To change a note-attached slur’s direction

To define Slur Contour (height and shape) settings for note-attached slurs

To define Slur Placement settings for note-attached slurs

To define Slur System Break settings

To define Slur Thickness

To copy Smart Shape slurs

SmartMusic

To create a solo assessment file without accompaniment

To create a solo assessment file with accompaniment

To create a new SmartMusic ensemble file

To create a new SmartMusic solo with accompaniment

To create a solo assessment file from a Finale exercise

To prepare a file for SmartMusic

Assigning Instruments for SmartMusic Accompaniments

SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines

SmartMusic Performance Markers

To add SmartMusic performance markers

To add SmartMusic performance markers as expressions

To add pause markers for a SmartMusic Accompaniment

To define and add pause markers manually with the Expression Tool

To add pause markers for ritardandos or rallentandos

To pause for accompaniment rests or held notes

To add pause markers for fermatas

To add pause markers for cadenzas

Repeat Markers for SmartMusic Accompaniments

SMPTE and MIDI Time Code

Snapping to grids and guides

To snap items to a grid or guide

To set up a grid

To set up guides

SoundFonts

Speedy Entry

Split points

To specify a fixed split point

To specify a movable split point (Transcription Mode only)

To correct split point errors

Spacing

Staccato marks

To define a staccato mark for playback

To create staccato playback with the MIDI Tool

Staff groups

Staff handles

Staff Tool: Staff handles in page view

Selecting staves

Dragging staves

Working with staff groups

Grouping and bracketing optimized staves

Staff lines

To specify the number of lines for a staff

To set the staff line thickness

Staff names

To create or edit a staff name

To reposition staff names (globally)

To reposition staff names (individually)

To set the initial font for staff names

To hide a staff name (full score)

Staff size

Staff styles

To create a staff style

To edit a staff style

To apply a staff style

To clear staff styles from a measure region

To clear a staff style

To delete a staff style definition

To create a staff style metatool

To apply a staff style metatool

To load a staff style library

To save a staff style library

To display a staff differently in one part than another

Start and stop times

To edit the start and stop times of selected notes

To erase Start and Stop Time editing done with the MIDI Tool

To copy Start and Stop Time editing done with the MIDI Tool

To create a legato playback

Staves

To add or insert a single staff

To move staves

To delete staves

To add evenly spaced staves

To space existing staves evenly

To hide (or show) staff-related items

To recover deleted staves

To set the attributes for a staff

Stemless notes

To create stemless notes globally

To create stemless notes, note-by-note

Stems

To flip a stem (Speedy Entry)

To flip a stem (Simple Entry)

To flip all stems in a region in one direction

To change “frozen” stems back to variable-direction stems

To change stem lengths, note by note

To change stem lengths globally

To change the position of the stem relative to its notehead

To change the thickness of stems

To draw completely new shapes for stems

To create a double or split stem

To create reverse stems

To copy custom stemming to other measures

To remove custom stemming from a region

Studio View

Swing

To notate swing performances (HyperScribe)

To notate swing performances (Transcription Mode)

Syncopation

System (line) break

Systems

To indent or move a system

To force a system onto the next page

To reduce or enlarge a system

T

Tab slides

To create a tab slide

To define tab slide placement settings

To change which tab slide is assigned to the palette icon

Tablature

To create tablature notation

To enter directly into a tablature staff (Simple Entry)

To edit guitar tablature

To create a tablature staff manually

To add stems and beams to tablature

To change the lowest fret of a region

Time signatures on tablature staves

Tempo (for playback)

To set the initial playback tempo

To modify the playback tempo

Tempo markings

To place a tempo marking in the score

To modify the playback tempo

To define a tempo marking for playback

Tempo Tap

Text

Text blocks

To create text in a frame that automatically expands as you type

To create text within a fixed-size frame

To edit text on-screen

To resize a text block on-screen

To resize a custom frame

To assign a text block to one or more pages

To assign a text block to a measure

To position text blocks on-screen

To position page-assigned text blocks (Text Menu)

To position page-assigned text blocks (Frame Attributes dialog box)

To position measure-assigned text blocks (Frame Attributes dialog box)

To position page-assigned text blocks on left- and right-facing pages (Frame Attributes dialog box)

To delete a text block

To specify a default font for text blocks

Ties

To add or remove a tie (Simple Entry Tool)

To add or remove a tie (Speedy Entry Tool)

To add a tie backwards (Speedy Entry Tool)

To change the direction of a tie (Simple Entry or Speedy Entry Tool)

To change the direction of a tie (Special Tools Tool)

To adjust the direction of ties on chords globally

To adjust the direction of ties on opposing seconds globally

To adjust the direction of ties with mixed stems globally

To adjust the direction of ties in a region

To change an individual tie’s shape and placement by dragging it on the score

To adjust placement of ties globally

To adjust the placement of an individual tie

To adjust the shape of ties globally

To adjust the shape of an individual tie

To use outer placement setting for outer ties on chords and single tied notes globally

To change the outer placement setting for an individual tie

To avoid staff lines with ties over a region

To break ties across time and key signature changes globally

To break ties in a region at time or key signature changes

To break an individual tie at a time or key signature change

To adjust ties for augmentation dots

To shift ties for intervals of a second

To avoid accidentals for single ties

To remove manual positioning over a region

To set a minimum space between tied notes

Tiling pages for printing

To tile pages with the Print dialog box

To tile pages (with Compile Postscript Listing)

Time signatures

Title page

Titles

To create extra room at the top of the page

To add a title

To move or delete a title

To specify a default font for titles

Transcribing a sequence

To record a performance

To hear a click track while recording in the Transcription Mode

To transcribe a sequence from a sequencer using the Transcription Mode

To transcribe a performance

To edit Time Tags

To edit keyboard notes

Transcription Mode

Transposing: by interval

Transposing: changing key

Transposing instruments

To define a staff transposition

To transpose a staff chromatically

To display a score in concert pitch (or in transposed form)

To define a staff with a double transposition

Tremolos

To place a tremolo marking

To create a measured or unmeasured tremolo marking

Trills

To create a trill or trill extension line (wavy line)

To create a small accidental on a trill marking

To define a trill marking for playback

Tuplets

To turn “normal” notes into a tuplet group

To adjust, move, or delete a tuplet

To enter tuplets with the Simple Entry Tool

To enter tuplets with the Speedy Entry Tool

To create a nested tuplet

To transcribe tuplets from a real-time performance

To predefine the appearance of tuplets

Tuplets (Simple Entry)

U

Undo

To undo the last change or a series of changes to your document

To undo a series of changes up to a specified point

To re-apply changes to your document using redo

To redo a series of changes up to a specified point

To allow undo actions previous to saving a file

Using grids and guides

To show the grid

To create a guide

To snap to grids and guides

V

Vocal music

Volume

W

Whole rests

To add a real whole rest

To move a real whole rest

To turn off the default whole rests for a staff

To fill measures with rests

To change the character for default measure rests

Z

Zoom in /Zoom out

 

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