Speed tip: Minimizing screen redraws

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Finale is a vast, graphics-intensive program; like any such program, it pushes the computer to its processing limits.

Completing your scores in the order described in the Order of Entry section will help speed Finale along. So will using Staff Sets whenever possible, to hide the staves you’re not working on.

There are several built-in features that speed Finale along, too, by minimizing the amount of screen-painting (image processing) the program has to do.

Sliding the music diagonally—You may notice that Finale redraws the screen every time you move around the score using the scroll bars. But what about moving diagonally within your score? Instead of using the horizontal scroll bar, then the vertical scroll bar, you can use the Hand Grabber Tool (on the Main Tool Bar) to move diagonally within your score in a single movement. Even better—instead of changing tools just to adjust your view of the music, press the right mouse button (Mac: -), and drag the music. Release the button, and resume working with whatever tool was selected.

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