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Document Options-Ties dialog box

How to get there

Choose Document > Document Options and select Ties.

What it does

Use the Ties Options to define global settings for the appearance and placement in the score of short, medium and long ties. Changes to these settings affect all ties to be added to the score as well as ties already in the score (note that you can override some Tie Options settings for individual ties in the Tie Alterations dialog box). To select the default measurement units, click on the Edit menu, then Measurement Units, then select the desired units.

On the left: SHIFT For Seconds is selected. On the right: SHIFT For Seconds is not selected.

Note. Finale ignores this global Tie Direction setting when you set an individual tie’s direction to Over or Under in the Tie Alterations dialog box.

In chords with an uneven number of notes, ties on inside notes at or above the stem reversal point go over tied notes. Ties on inside notes below the stem reversal point go under tied notes. For information about the stem reversal point, see Staff Setup dialog box.

Note. This setting affects ties already in the score only when Default is the Break for Time Signature setting in the Tie Alterations dialog box for an individual tie.

Note. This setting affects ties already in the score only when Default is the Break for Key Signature setting in the Tie Alterations dialog box for an individual tie.

See Also:

Ties

Tie Alterations dialog box

Staff Setup dialog box

Tie Contour dialog box

Document menu/Document Options

 

 

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