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Zoom in/Zoom out

To zoom in and out

Or,

  1. Click the Zoom Tool image\Zoom_Tool.gif.
  2. 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.

  1. Click the Zoom Tool  image\Zoom_Tool.gif.
  2. 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.

 

 

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