To fill measures with rests

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Click the Selection Tool $image\Selection_Tool.gif$ , and select the region of music to fill with rests. Refer to Selecting music for different methods of selecting regions.
From the Utilities menu, choose Check Notation, then Fill With Rests. Finale scans each measure in the selected region, and automatically fills incomplete measures by adding the correct number of rests. Note that Finale does not convert empty measures to measures with actual whole rests.

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