To place lyrics into the score (click assignment)

1. Click the Lyrics Tool  . The Lyrics menu appears.
2. From the Lyrics menu, choose Click Assignment . A box appears, containing the lyrics you created in the Edit Lyrics window. The bottom scroll bar scrolls through the syllables, left to right. The top scroll bar scrolls through the Verses, if there are more than one.
3. If you want to place one syllable at a time, click the first melody note. You must click on the staff at the position of the note—not necessarily on the note itself. When you click, the first syllable displayed in the Click Assignment window disappears from the window and appears in the score, aligned with the note you clicked. Note: you must have the layer in which the notes are placed active for lyrics to be attached. Also, if you want to attach lyrics to notes in Voice two, hold down the shift key, then click on the note.
4. If you want to assign all the lyrics at once, click the first melody note while pressing ctrl. This technique, called Control–Click-Assigning, tells Finale to assign each of the syllables, one after another, to consecutive melody notes, automatically skipping rests, tied notes, and notes in different layers and voices. If any syllables are assigned to the wrong notes, see To correct misaligned lyrics.

You have to repeat this process for each Verse, Chorus, or Section. If you have a second verse, for example, simply scroll back to its beginning spot, advance the upper scroll bar to Verse 2, and control–click-assign again.

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