- Choose Window >
Advanced Tools. Click the Special
Tools Tool
, then click the measure
containing a tie to adjust.
- Click the Tie Tool
. Three handles appear on each tie in the measure.
- Double-click the starting or ending handle
of the tie. The Tie Alterations dialog box appears.
- Set the Height of the tie’s arc. Enter
values (in measurement units) into the Height: Start and Height: End text
boxes to set the height of the left and right control points of the tie’s
arc, respectively. A larger number increases the height of the arc. A
smaller number decreases the height.
Note. The Height setting
is actually the height of a control point, an imaginary point that Finale
uses to calculate the arc’s curve when creating a tie. Finale draws the
actual height of the arc a little less than the value you specify for
Height.
- Set the tie Inset. Enter values into
the Left: Inset and Right: Inset text boxes to set the amount of “hook”
of the left and right end of the tie. Inset is a percentage of the tie
length. Enter a lower percentage to hook the end of the tie more, curving
it more sharply. A higher percentage will flatten the ends of tie.
- To avoid staff lines select the checkbox, Avoid
Staff Lines By. Finale uses the Avoid Staff Lines By: global setting
in Document Options-Ties to position the arcs of ties in the region.
- Click OK to save your changes. Click
Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.
