To force selected measures into one system

Where the up/down-arrow trick works well to push a single measure into a different system, sometimes it’s useful to say: “I want these three measures, and only these, in one system.”

1. If you’re not in Page View, choose Page View from the View menu.
2. Click the Selection Tool  , and select the measures you want to group. To select the first measure of the group, click it; then shift-click the last measure of the group. You may also drag-enclose the measures you want; in any case, they should now be highlighted.
3. Choose Fit Measures from the Utilities menu. A dialog box appears.
4. Click Lock Selected Measures Into One System. Click OK. Finale places the selected measures into a system by themselves, then does an automatic Update Layout.

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