Zoom in/Zoom out
To zoom in and out
- Press Command-+
and Command--(minus)
keystrokes at any time to zoom in and out. There is no need to
select the Zoom tool.
Or,
- Click the Zoom Tool .
- Click the music. Finale enlarges the
spot you clicked. To zoom out, press option and click (or, if you haven’t
switched to the Zoom Tool, press option-command-shift) and click the right-button.
Finale ‘stops’ at the following view percentages when zooming in and out:
10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900,
1000.
To enlarge a selected area
This technique works only in Page View.
- Click the Zoom Tool .
- Drag across the music, creating a dotted-line
rectangle. When you release the mouse, Finale enlarges the enclosed
portion of the display, just enough to fill your monitor.
To zoom in/out by a specific percentage
Choose Zoom from the View menu. In the
resulting submenu you can choose a preset percentage, or set any percentage
from 5 to 1000 by choosing Other from the submenu (or pressing Command-0). See Keyboard Shortcuts-View
menu.