Position Groups dialog box
How to get there
From the 
menu, choose scoring and
arranging, then Update Groups and Brackets. Position.
What it does
While managing brackets on optimized systems
using the Update
Groups and Brackets plug-in, use this dialog box to make detailed
changes to group positioning. This dialog box will make changes to all
systems checked in the Group Scope List of the Update Groups and Brackets
dialog box.
Full/Abbreviated Group Name:
- Alignment: Left · Right · Center. From
this popup
menu, choose how you want group names aligned, relative to the
Distance from Staff setting. The group name handle that appears in the
document will be placed to the left, right or center of the name depending
on the alignment you select. When you change the alignment of a group
name, Finale automatically updates the Justification popup
menu selection to match your selection. Since group names are most often
single line names, you would generally want the justification (the placement
of the text within a frame) to match the alignment (used for positioning
and handle placement) you select.
- Justification: Left · Right · Center · Full
· Forced Full. This setting generally matches the Alignment setting
(Left, Right or Center) for the group name, however, it’s provided for
multi-line group names such as trumpet
From this popup menu, choose how
you want multi-line group names justified. The longest line of text determines
the width of the invisible text frame that surrounds the group names.
Choose Left, Right, Center, Full, or Forced Full from the Justification
submenu to select how you want the text positioned in a frame. Choose
Left or Right to place the text on the left or right edge of the frame,
or choose Center to center the text between the left and right edges.
If you want full justification, choose Forced Full to spread the text
evenly between the left and right edges of the frame, including the last
line if it contains two or more words. (Choosing Full for group names
will left-justify each line, because each line is treated as the last
line of a paragraph; choose Forced Full instead.)
Remember that Finale will automatically
update the Justification popup menu selection when you choose
an option from the Alignment popup menu.
- Distance from Staff: H: · V:. In these
text boxes, you can precisely position where the handle for the group
name should be placed relative to the staff. The top-left corner of the
staff is the point where H: and V: are both zero, so both of the coordinates
will almost always be negative numbers.
- Expand Single Word. Expand Single Word
works with the full justification commands only; it affects the appearance
of lines of text containing only one word. It currently has no effect
for group names when you choose Full justification, since each line is
treated like the last line of a paragraph. However, when Expand Single
Word is selected and you choose Forced Full, Finale spreads the letters
of single words on lines evenly between the left and right edges of the
invisible frame. When Expand Single Word is not selected, all lines containing
a single word are left-justified.
When Expand Single Word is selected and
you choose Forced Full justification, Finale spreads the text evenly between
the left and right edges of the frame. In lines of text containing only
one word, Finale spreads the letters of that word evenly between the left
and right edges of the frame. When Expand Single Word is not selected,
all lines containing a single word are left-justified.
Bracket:
- Distance from Left of Staff. Here specify,
as a negative value, the distance from the left edge of the staff.
- Vertical Adjust (Top of Bracket). Here,
you can adjust the positioning of the top of the bracket. The bracket
resizes so that the top meets the specified position. The bottom of the
bracket remains stationary. (Measured from the top staff line of the top
staff in the group).
- Vertical Adjust (Bottom of Bracket).
Here, you can adjust the positioning of the bottom of the bracket. The
bracket resizes so that the bottom meets the specified position. The top
of the bracket remains stationary. (Measured from the bottom staff line
of the bottom staff in the group).
- Units. From this popup menu, choose the measurement units
you would like to use for moving group names and/or brackets. See Measurement Units.
