To change the direction of a tie (Special Tools Tool)

1. From the Window menu, choose Advanced Tools. Click the Special Tools Tool  , then click the measure containing a tie to adjust.
2. Click the Tie Tool  . Three handles appear on each tie in the measure.
3. Select a handle of a tie whose direction you are changing.
4. Choose Flip from the Tie Direction submenu of the Special Tools menu (or press ctrl-F) to reverse the direction of the tie. Choose Automatic (or press ctrl-shift-F) to have Finale automatically set the tie’s direction based on the position of the tied notes on the staff (Automatic is default). Choose Over to always place the tie over the notes, Under to always place tie under the tied notes.

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