Editing with Speedy Entry 
- Position
the insertion bar on the first note (middle C) and press the 4 key.
In Finale, 4 means an eighth note, so your middle C quarter note has just
changed duration (rhythmic value). In Finale, if you enter a rhythm incorrectly,
there’s no need to delete the note and reenter it; simply line up the
insertion bar with the note and press the desired duration key.
Whenever you change a note’s duration (or enter
a new note), the insertion bar moves to the right, ready for you to enter
a new note or rest (or to change the rhythmic value of an existing note).
- Press
the 4 key three more times. You’ve now changed all four notes in
this measure to eighth notes. They’re automatically beamed.
- Position
the mouse pointer squarely on the last note’s notehead. Click and
drag this F to the F line an octave higher. In Speedy Entry, you can move
notes to other pitches by dragging them in this way. (If your MIDI keyboard
is connected properly, Finale plays the note each time it changes pitch.
This feature can be disabled by deselecting Playback from the Speedy menu.)
- Click
squarely on the high F’s notehead. With
the button down, drag it slightly to the right or left. The Speedy
Entry Tool gives you complete control—not only of a note’s pitch, but
also of its position in the measure.
If you want to drag a note only horizontally
(so that you can’t drag it off of its pitch), or only vertically (so that
you can’t drag it left or right), press the 
key while
you’re dragging.
- Move
the insertion bar to the third note in the measure (the E). Remember,
you move the insertion bar by pressing the arrow keys or by clicking a
note.
- Press
Delete. Pressing the delete key removes a note, rest, or chord
from the score.
But what if you delete a note by accident?
Any time you’re working with the Speedy Entry Tool, remember that you
can undo your last action by choosing Undo from the Edit menu.
- From
the Edit menu, choose Undo (or press
-Z) (Mac: 
-Z). The note you deleted reappears.
To prepare for the next exercise, change all
four notes back to quarter notes:
- Move
the insertion bar back to the middle C, and press the 5 key four times.
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