To define
Tab Slide Placement settings
- Click the Smart Shape Tool . The Smart Shape
menu appears.
- Choose Smart Shape Placement from the Smart
Shape menu. The Smart Shape Placement dialog box appears.
- Choose Tab Slide from the Smart Shape type
drop down list
in the dialog box.
- Drag the tab slide end point vertically and
horizontally until the tab slide attaches to the notes the way you want
it to attach to notes of that type in the score. Instead of using
the mouse, you can enter values into the text boxes using the measurement
unit you’ve selected.
- Drag the other end-point of the tab slide to
adjust it.
- Click Reset at any time to return the tab slide
to Finale’s built-in settings.
- Click OK (or press enter)
when you’re ready to save the new settings. Or click Cancel to
cancel any changes you made to the settings.
Note: All tab slides
that you create from now on will use the Tab Slide Placement settings.
The settings also apply to tab slide end points that haven’t been manually
adjusted in all existing tab slides.