Pickup measures 
Let’s turn the first measure of “Auld Lang
Syne” into a proper pickup measure. There are several ways to do this,
but we’ll show you the easiest. This method changes the first measure
in the document into a pickup measure.
- From
the Document menu, choose Pickup Measure. The Pickup Measure dialog
box opens, where you can tell Finale how long your pickup lasts. Click
the note that corresponds to the sum of the pickup notes. In our example,
we have a quarter note.
- Click
the quarter note, then click OK. Finale hides the half note rest
and the quarter note rest and only displays our pickup notes. Finale even
fixes the measure numbers to automatically skip the pickup measure. You
may have noticed that the notes are still spaced as though the half note
rest were still there. Never fear, we’ll fix the spacing in the next section.
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