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Chapter 3: Edit Menu

Edit Menu
How to get there
The Edit Menu is one of Finale’s six unchanging menus. TOC
What it does
You can find an assortment of editing commands in the Edit Menu. Use the Edit Menu to cut,
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copy and paste text when you’re editing the actual text (these commands are also available in the
Mass Edit Tool and Text Tools). You can also import and export MIDI data back and forth
between Finale and any other application that supports the transfer of MIDI information via the
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When you copy or paste files into the clipboard, the Cut, Copy, Insert and Paste/Replace Entries Previous
commands in the Edit Menu change to reflect the action that will occur, depending on whether a Chapter
modifier key is held down, and which key is used.
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Edit Menu commands:

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Cut Cut to Clip File

Copy Copy to Clip File

Insert Insert from Clip File

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Replace Entries Replace Entries

If you press Shift, then choose Import MIDI from Clipboard from the Edit Menu, Finale removes Index
the ellipses (…) from the command, indicating that Finale will transcribe the MIDI data without
showing the Import MIDI Data from Clipboard dialog box—though it still uses the settings from
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• Undo. All Finale’s document settings can be restored to their previous settings with the
“undo” command. After you change a dialog box that contains document settings and click Previous
OK to return to the score, you can choose Undo from the Edit Menu to return to the previous Chapter
settings. You can also use the Edit Menu Toolbar icon to undo any action. Data Check actions
are also undoable when you return to the score.
You can undo the settings in all dialog boxes in the Document Options dialog box under the
Options menu, and in dialog boxes associated with the tools that contain document settings.
These dialog boxes include: the Default Tuplet Visual Definition; and all dialog boxes associ-
ated with the Smart Shape Menu (Smart Shape Tool).
As you edit a file, Finale automatically saves your operations so they can be quickly reversed
if you choose Undo from the Edit Menu. However, you might occasionally run low on disk
space while you’re working in Finale. A quick way to recover space without exiting Finale is
to toggle Undo off and on in the Edit section of the Program Options (see Program Options-
EDIT). This causes Finale to delete and recreate the “undo” files it’s currently maintaining,
which frees up space on your hard disk. These files will always be automatically deleted when
you exit Finale. See UNDO.
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• Redo. Choose Redo to perform the previous undo action. You can also use the Edit Menu
Toolbar icon to redo any action. If you have performed too many undo actions in a row, use
the redo to replace the actions removed. See UNDO.
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• Undo/Redo Lists. Choose Undo/Redo Lists to display the Undo/Redo Lists dialog box with a
list of your past actions. You can also use the Edit Menu Toolbar icon to show this list of
actions. You may select a point in this list in which to undo or redo your actions. See UNDO/
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REDO LISTS DIALOG BOX and UNDO.
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• Cut. After selecting a region of music with the Mass Edit Tool, choose Cut to place the
selected music on the Clipboard and simultaneously remove the music from the score. (Finale
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the selected beats or measures entirely.) Once you’ve placed the cut music on the Clipboard,
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you can paste it to another place in your score or into another Finale document. You can also
use the Edit Menu Toolbar icon to Cut to the Clipboard.
If you like, you can save the cut material into a separate file, called a Clip File, which you can
later access for pasting into another document. Press ctrl while choosing Cut; Finale will ask
you to give the Clip File a name. In this way, you can create an assortment of musical seg-
ments or motifs, each of which you can access with the Insert or Paste commands to paste
them into other documents. Items inserted or pasted from a clip file depend on the elements
selected in the ITEMS TO COPY DIALOG BOX.
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You can also place cut text on the Clipboard in Finale’s Edit Lyrics or Edit Text windows, as
well as access the menu itself in either of these windows.
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• Copy. After selecting a region of music with the Mass Edit Tool, choose Copy to place a
duplicate of the selected music on the Clipboard; you are now ready to paste to another place
in your score or another Finale document. (You can’t paste copied Finale music into another
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can also use the Edit Menu Toolbar icon to Copy to the Clipboard.
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into a separate Clip File, which you can later access for pasting into another document. Finale Chapter
will ask you to give the Clip File a title. In this way, you can create an assortment of musical
segments or motifs, each of which you can access with the Insert or Paste commands to paste
them into other documents. Items inserted or pasted from a clip file depend on the elements
selected in the ITEMS TO COPY DIALOG BOX.
You can also place copied text on the Clipboard from Finale’s Edit Lyrics or Edit Text win-
dows, as well as access the menu itself in either of these windows.
• Insert. Choose Insert if you want to insert whatever music you’ve cut or copied to the Clip-
board between two existing beats or measures. First tell Finale where you want the material
inserted by selecting any amount of music just after the desired point of insertion. See COPY-
ING MUSIC for an illustration. Items inserted depend on the elements selected in the ITEMS TO
COPY DIALOG BOX.
• Paste (Replace Entries). (Replace Entries only appears when the Mass Edit Tool is selected.)
Choose Paste if you want whatever music you’ve cut or copied to the Clipboard to paste over
(replace) the music in the target document (first use the Mass Edit Tool to select the area of TOC
music you want to replace). You can also use the Edit Menu Toolbar icon to Paste from the
Clipboard. See COPYING MUSIC for an illustration. While replacing entries, the items that
appear in the destination region depend on the elements selected in the ITEMS TO COPY DIA- Index
LOG BOX.

• Export MIDI to Clipboard. This command provides a quick way to transfer MIDI informa-
tion to sequencing programs, such as Cakewalk, that support MIDI information on the clip- Next
board. When you’re ready to export your MIDI information, select the region that you want to Chapter
export using the Mass Edit Tool or other tool with regional selection, then choose Export
MIDI to Clipboard. Finale copies the MIDI information from the selected region on to the Previous
clipboard. You can then paste or import the MIDI information into another program. Human Chapter
Playback settings are included in exported MIDI clip files.
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• Import MIDI from Clipboard. This command provides a way to import MIDI information
from sequencing programs. Once you have recorded your performance or created the MIDI
information (such as controller data) in a sequencing or other MIDI program that supports
MIDI information in the clipboard, copy it into the clipboard. Switch to Finale, click the Mass
Edit Tool or any other tool with regional selection, select the measures into which you want to
paste the information, then choose Import MIDI from Clipboard. The Import MIDI Data from
Clipboard dialog box appears. If necessary, change the quantization settings for the notated
music, then click OK. The notated music appears. For more information about the workings of
the Import MIDI Data from Clipboard dialog box, see IMPORT MIDI DATA FROM CLIPBOARD TOC
DIALOG BOX.
This command can be especially useful when you’re creating playback effects such as pitch
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bend, pan, or volume control. For example, you could create a crescendo on an empty track in
your sequencer, then import it into Finale. As long as the copied sequencer information does
not contain MIDI note data, Finale preserves its existing notes and pastes only the copied
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information into the measures. If the copied sequencer information contains MIDI note data, Chapter
Finale transcribes new notes.
Note: Press shift when choosing this command to use the current settings in the Import MIDI Previous
Data from Clipboard dialog box (without displaying the dialog box on the screen). Chapter
Note: If you import MIDI data onto a TAB staff, you may find all of the resulting fret numbers
appear on the top string. To avoid this problem, import the MIDI data to a standard staff and
then use the Mass Edit Tool to drag-copy the music down to the TAB staff.
• Select All. You can use this command with most of Finale’s tools. In a number of cases, you
can exclude (deselect) one handle at a time from the selection by shift-clicking its handle.
• Select Partial Measures. When this command is checked, you can select part of a measure or
measures in the Mass Edit Tool, Staff Tool, Clef Tool, and MIDI Tool. When it’s unchecked,
you select music in complete one-measure increments. You can drag-copy, use the Edit com-
mands (and create Clip files) with partial measures. Note, however, that if you select a partial
measure region with the Mass Edit Tool, only the notes, rests, and their related items (such as
articulations) are affected. Measure items (such as measure attached expressions) are not
included when either the source or the target is a partial measure region.
• Select Region.When you choose this command, the Select Region dialog box appears, in
which you can enter the staff names, beat and measure numbers that define the region you TOC
want to select. When you click OK, Finale selects the region you’ve specified—even if none
of it is visible on the screen. See SELECT REGION DIALOG BOX for further details.
• Text Search and Replace. With this command, search and replace text in the form of text Index
blocks, lyrics, file info, smart shapes, or staff/group names. See TEXT SEARCH AND REPLACE .
• Add SmartMusic Markers. Choose this command to open the Add SmartMusic Markers
dialog box where you can add SmartMusic Performance Markers to a file you intend to save Next
as a SmartMusic Accompaniment. See ADD SMARTMUSIC MARKERS DIALOG BOX. Chapter

• Special Part Extraction. This command provides access to one of Finale’s three part-extrac-
tion methods. Using Special Part Extraction, you can see the full score in Scroll View while Previous
the extracted part appears, ready for editing and printing, in Page View. A full tutorial for the Chapter
Special Part Extraction command appears under EXTRACTING PARTS.
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Before the Special Part Extraction command will work, you must be in Scroll View, then
select a staff (or staves) by clicking the Staff Tool and then selecting their handles. When you
choose Special Part Extraction, a dialog box appears, letting you select the multimeasure
(block) rest shape you want to use. (See MULTIMEASURE RESTS.) After you’ve made your set-
tings, click OK. You return to the score.
At first you won’t notice anything different, however, if you look at the Edit Menu, you’ll see
a check mark beside Special Part Extraction, telling you that Page View now contains the
extracted part. Choose Page View from the View Menu to examine and edit the extracted part.
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To exit Special Part Extraction mode (and return to viewing the full score in Page View),
choose Special Part Extraction again from the Edit Menu.
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• Update Word Extensions and Hyphens. Choose this option to update Smart Word Exten-
sions and Hyphens based on settings in the Word Extensions dialog box. This option recalcu-
lates word extensions and hyphens if Manually is chosen in the Smart Hyphens and Word
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Extensions portion of Program Options- VIEW. See also WORD EXTENSIONS DIALOG BOX. Chapter
• Update Layout. To speed up its operations, Finale doesn’t constantly recalculate the position-
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when you request it by choosing Update Layout from the Edit Menu, unless you’ve turned on Chapter
Automatic Update Layout below.
If you enter Page View without choosing Update Layout, you may discover strange measure
spacing if you’ve made any changes to the widths of measures (by using, for example, the
Resize Tool, the Music Spacing commands, the Page Layout Tool, or the Measure Tool). Any
of these actions can result in very wide or very cramped measures, or duplicated or missing
systems on each page. By choosing Update Layout, you tell Finale to lay the measures out
again within each system, taking such changes into account, in order to create attractive,
neatly justified systems with appropriate measure spacing.
To further save you time, when you’re in Page View, Finale only readjusts the measure layout
from the page you’re viewing to the end of the document. In other words, if you’re satisfied
with the layout of the first five pages, you don’t have to wait for Finale to readjust them; scroll
to page six before choosing Update Layout. (Update Layout affects the entire piece if you’re
viewing page one, or if you’re in Scroll View.)
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the page is to use Finale’s measure group features (such as the Fit Music command in the Page
Layout Menu and the Mass Edit Menu, or the Mass Edit Tool up/down arrow trick). For
details on these techniques, see MEASURE LAYOUT. If you ever want to delete such measure Index
groups (and restore all measures to their original “floating” status), press shift while selecting
Update Layout from the menu.
When you choose Update Layout from the Edit Menu, Finale uses the settings in the Update Next
Layout Options dialog box (found in the Options Menu) to determine what parts of the music Chapter
layout it will recalculate to catch small changes in positioning and page layout. See UPDATE
LAYOUT OPTIONS DIALOG BOX.You can press shift before choosing this command to remove Previous
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• Automatic Update Layout. This option has no effect in Scroll View. In Page View, this
option determines whether Finale will update the layout each time it redraws the screen. When
this option is selected, Finale will update the layout each time it redraws the screen (it will
take a little extra time to perform the additional task). Finale actually updates the layout for
the current page and discards the layout for all subsequent pages, although it doesn’t take the
time to update the layout until you display the subsequent pages. When Automatic Update
Layout is not selected, Finale will still, on occasion, update the layout. For instance, if you
adjust the position of a staff or add staves to the score, Finale will update the layout.
• Automatic Music Spacing. Select this option to have your music automatically spaced as you TOC
enter it—at the end of a Speedy Entry measure, at the end of a HyperScribe session, or after
each note in Simple Entry. The music spacing applied is based on the currently loaded spacing
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width library. See Document Options-MUSIC SPACING for more details.
• Snap to Grid • Snap to Guides. Choose these menu items to invoke the capability to move
any item to the nearest guideline or grid point (Page View only). See Document Options- Next
GRIDS AND GUIDES for more information on setting up grids and guides. See SNAPPING TO Chapter
GRIDS AND GUIDES for details on how to use this feature.
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Undo/Redo Lists dialog box

How to get there
Choose Undo/Redo Lists from the Edit Menu.
What it does
Choosing Undo/Redo Lists displays the Undo/Redo Lists dialog box from which you can select a
point in the list of past actions in which to undo all the actions down to and including that point or
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• Select Edit(s) to Undo. Click on an action in this list to undo all the actions down to and TOC
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• Select Edit(s) to Redo. Click on an action in this list to redo all the actions up to and includ-
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• OK • Cancel. Click OK to perform the undo or redo, or Cancel to return to the score.
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Import MIDI Data from Clipboard dialog

box
How to get there
Place some MIDI data on the clipboard (from Finale or another sequencing program). Click the
Mass Edit Tool l or any other tool with regional selection. Select a region of music. Choose
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Import MIDI from Clipboard from the Edit Menu.
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Use the Import MIDI Data from Clipboard dialog box to change quantization settings and other
options when you’re importing a MIDI file from the clipboard. The options are the same as those
in the Import MIDI File dialog box, except Convert Markers is not available. For an explanation
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of these settings, see IMPORT MIDI FILE OPTIONS DIALOG BOX and QUANTIZATION SETTINGS Chapter
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ing the dialog box on the screen), press shift when you choose Import MIDI from Clipboard from Chapter
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How to get there
Choose Select Region from the Edit Menu. (Used with the Mass Edit Tool, Staff Tool, Measure
Tool, Clef Tool, Time Signature Tool, Key Signature Tool and MIDI Tool.) Next
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What it does
When you want to select a region of measures to edit, erase, or copy, you normally click to select Previous
one measure, shift-click to select additional measures, drag-enclose to select several on-screen Chapter
measures, click to the left of the staff to select the entire staff, or choose Select All from the Edit
Menu to select the entire document.
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However, many of these methods require that the measures you’re selecting be visible on the
screen. With this dialog box, however, you can select large or small sections of your score without
scrolling; in fact, if you’re viewing measure 200, you can even select measures 1 through 10
remotely (without actually clicking any measures) from this dialog box. Finale will select the
specified measures, even if you can’t see them. This dialog box even lets you select a certain
range of beats within the measures.

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• From Staff: ___ • Measure: ___ • Beat. Using these controls, specify the staff name and measure
number, respectively, of the first measure of the region you want selected. Choose the staff name
from the drop-down list, and type a number into the Measure text box.
If you select any measures before you choose Select Region from the Edit Menu, Finale iden-
tifies the first selected measure’s number and staff name in these boxes automatically. That’s
useful to remember if the first measure of the desired region is visible on the screen—then,
when you arrive at this dialog box, you only have to specify the ending measure of the region
(see below), which saves you several steps.
With the beat selection you can specify which beat in the measure you want to begin the selec-
tion. Type it into the text box at the right side of the dialog box. For example, if the fourth beat
of the measure is supposed to begin the selected region, type a 4 into the box. Alternatively,
you can choose EDUs from this drop-down list, and enter an EDU value (1024 per quarter TOC
note) to specify a starting point with high precision. If you select a beat, Finale will put a
checkmark next to Select Partial Measures in the Edit Menu to show it has been enabled.
• Through Staff: ___ • Measure: ___ • Beat. Using these controls, specify the staff name and mea- Index
sure number, respectively, of the last measure of the region you want selected. Choose the staff name
from the drop-down list, and type a number into the Measure text box.
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Finale enters the last selected measure’s number and staff name (or number) in these boxes Chapter
automatically. That’s useful to remember if the last measure of the desired region is visible on
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And here, too, you can also specify which beat in the measure you want to end the selection
by typing a beat number into the text box at the right side of the dialog box. Alternatively, you
can choose EDUs from this drop-down list, and enter an EDU value (1024 per quarter note) to
specify an ending point. If you select a beat, Finale will put a checkmark next to Select Partial
Measures in the Edit Menu to show it has been enabled.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK (or press enter) to return to the score, where Finale selects (high-
lights) the measures in the region you specified. Click Cancel to return to the score without
selecting any measures.
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How to get there

From the Edit Menu, choose Text Search and Replace. Next
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With this plug-in, search and replace text in the form of text blocks, lyrics, file info, smart shapes,
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• Search this text. Enter existing text you want to search for in this text box.
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• Use Style. Click Use Style to open the Font dialog box where you can change the font, size,
and style for existing, or replaced text.
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• Replace All. Click Replace All to search for every occurrence of the text entered in the Search
this text box, and replace it with the text entered in the Replace with this text box.
• [Expansion arrow]. Click the expansion arrow in the lower left to display the following Next
options. Chapter

• Search Everywhere. Check Search Everywhere to search all text in the document. Note that
the Text Search and Replace utility does not search text repeats or text added as Smart Shapes. Previous
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Uncheck this option to specify types of text to search from the options below.
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• Search in: Text Expressions • Lyrics • Text Blocks • Repeat Texts • File Info • Smart
Shapes • Staff/Group Names • Style Names. Check these boxes to specify the type of text to
search.
• Match Case. Check Match Case to only find a match for text that matches the case of the
word entered in the Search for this text box.
• Whole Words Only. Check Whole Words Only to only search for the precise word entered in
the Search this text box, and ignore longer words containing the same text.
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• All Open Documents. Check to search and replace text in all open documents.

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From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Chapter
What it does
Use this dialog box to add SmartMusic performance markers to your music while creating a Previous
SmartMusic accompaniment file. These markers control how SmartMusic responds to perfor- Chapter
mance characteristics such as pauses (fermatas, tenutos), tempo changes, repeated sections, and
Intelligent Accompaniment level. See SMARTMUSIC PERFORMANCE MARKERS for details.
The options here are shortcuts for adding SmartMusic markers to your score with Expressions
manually. To do this, use the Playback tab in the Text Expression designer to define the marker
(see TO ADD SMARTMUSIC PERFORMANCE MARKERS AS EXPRESSIONS). For a description of each
SmartMusic marker, see SMS MARKER..

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• [Marker List]. On the left side of this dialog box you see a list of SmartMusic Marker types. Chapter
Choose a marker type and then click Add to add a marker of that type to the score. See
SMARTMUSIC PERFORMANCE MARKERS for a description of each marker.
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• [Marker window]. In the middle of this dialog box you see a list of SmartMusic markers that
have been added to the score. You can select one of these markers and then click Edit to edit it.
• Add. Choose a marker type from the Marker List, and then click Add to add a marker of that
type to your score. A dialog box appears which allows you to control the location and
attributes for that marker.
• Edit. Choose a marker you have already added (in the Marker window) and click Edit to
change the location or settings for that marker.
• Delete. Choose a marker you have already added (in the Marker window) and click Delete to TOC
remove that marker.
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niment is chosen in the Marker List, and a marker of this type is selected in the Marker win-
dow. Move the slider to the right to increase the Intelligent Accompaniment level, or to the left
to decrease the Intelligent Accompaniment level. 0 = No Intelligent Accompaniment (soloist Next
follows accompaniment entirely), 10 = full intelligent accompaniment (accompaniment fol- Chapter
lows soloist completely). Click the Set button to set the selected marker to the level indicated
on the slider. The default SmartMusic setting for Classical repertoire, for example, is 2; Previous
Romantic repertoire, 5. Chapter
• Create/Update Repeat Markers. Click this button to scan the score for repeat markings and
generate all repeat markers automatically.
• Done • Cancel. Click Done to add the markers you have created to your score. They appear as
hidden expressions. Click Cancel to return to the score without adding SmartMusic markers.

Intelligent Accompaniment dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Intelligent Accompaniment from
the marker list on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing Intelligent Accompaniment marker
from the Marker window and click Edit.
What it does
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Use the settings in this dialog box to control the Intelligent Accompaniment level, and the mea-
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and Previous
beat to add an Intelligent Accompaniment marker. Chapter
• Intelligent Accompaniment Slider. Move the slider to the right to increase the Intelligent
Accompaniment level, or to the left to decrease the Intelligent Accompaniment level. 0 = No
Intelligent Accompaniment (soloist follows accompaniment entirely), 10 = full intelligent
accompaniment (accompaniment follows soloist completely). Click the Set button to set the
selected marker to the level indicated on the slider.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Breath Mark
How to get there
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on the left and click add. Or, select an existing breath mark marker from the Marker window and
click Edit. This marker should be placed on the note ending the breath, and the effect begins one
note prior. This marker temporarily slows the tempo (from the prior note) by roughly 80 to 90 per-
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and
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• Large Breath. Select Large Breath to indicate a larger pause. Chapter
• Small Breath. Select Small Breath to indicate a short pause.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Optional Octave Region dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Optional Octave from the marker
list on the left and click add. Or, select an existing optional octave marker from the Marker win-
dow and click Edit.
What it does
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Use the settings in this dialog box to control the measure assignment for the Optional Octave
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and
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• Up • Down. Choose Up to recognize a performance that sounds an octave higher than writ-
tern. Choose down to recognize a performance that sounds an octave lower than written.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Rehearsal Mark dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Rehearsal Mark from the marker
list on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing rehearsal mark marker from the Marker win-
dow and click Edit.
What it does
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Use the settings in this dialog box to control the measure assignment for the Rehearsal Mark
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• Bar. Select the measure you would like this rehearsal mark to appear.
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Music interface when displaying this rehearsal mark.
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editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the Chapter
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Repeat Marker dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Repeats from the marker list on the
left and click add. Or, select an existing repeat marker from the Marker window and click Edit.
It is recommended that you scan the score to define all repeat markers automatically by selecting
Create/Update Repeat Markers in the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Then, edit these
parameters if necessary. See REPEAT MARKERS FOR SMARTMUSIC ACCOMPANIMENTS for more
details.
What it does
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar. Choose a rehearsal mark or specify the bar you want to add a repeat Previous
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• Repeat Type. From this drop-down menu, select the type of repeat marker you want to add.
• Repeat Number. Specify the (chronological) number of the repeat. For example, if this is the
second repeated section in the score (regardless of the repeat marker you are adding), enter 2
here.
• Repeat Iteration. Enter the pass you want this repeat marker to apply. For example, if this is
the second time through, and you are defining the “To Coda” sign for a “D.S. al Coda”, enter
2 here.
• Active on Pass. Here, you can enter the pass on which this repeat marker should apply. This
setting refers to the absolute number of passes, and only differs from the Repeat Iteration set-
ting if there are nested repeats in the score (repeats within repeats).
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
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How to get there

From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Reset Meas. Counter from the
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marker list on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing Reset Measure marker from the Chapter
Marker window and click Edit.
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Counter marker you are adding.
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat. Choose a rehearsal mark or specify a bar and beat to add a Previous
Reset Measure Counter marker. Chapter
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Reset Tempo dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Reset Tempo from the marker list
on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing Reset Tempo marker from the Marker window and
click Edit.
What it does
Use the settings in this dialog box to control the measure assignment for the Reset Tempo marker
you are adding or editing. The Reset Tempo marker eliminates slowing/speeding effects due to the TOC
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and
beat to add a Reset Tempo marker.
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• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/ Chapter
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.
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Wait for Note dialog box
How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Wait for Note On from the marker
list on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing Wait for Note marker from the Marker window
and click Edit.
What it does
Use the settings in this dialog box to control the type and measure assignment for the Wait for
Note marker you are adding or editing. Using the Rehearsal Mark or Bar and Note setting, specify
the placement of this marker. Use this dialog to place the marker on the note you want to resume
the accompaniment. SmartMusic will resume its performance upon hearing this note. (A resume
marker is added for you automatically. See SMARTMUSIC PERFORMANCE MARKERS for more
information).
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Note: If your note falls in a repeated section, repeat options appear in the repeat field. You can
select the note the first time through a repeat, second time, and so on. Choose the repeat option
you want to use from the Repeat drop-down menu. You will have to place a marker twice if you
want the pause to occur both times through a repeated section (unless Every Time is selected Index
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and
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note to add a Wait for Note marker. Chapter
• Reset Tempo on Resume. Check this box to add a Reset Tempo marker after the Resume
marker. This resets the tempo to the previous value. Previous
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/ Chapter
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Wait for End of Note dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Wait for End of Note from the
marker list on the left and click Add. Or, select an existing Wait for End of Note marker from the
Marker window and click Edit.
What it does
Use the settings in this dialog box to control the type and measure assignment for the Wait for End
of Note marker you are adding or editing. Place this marker on a held note in the solo line to
instruct SmartMusic to listen for the end of the soloist’s note (e.g. a fermata). A Resume marker is TOC
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• Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or specify a bar and
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note to add a Wait for End of Note marker.
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• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the Previous
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Wait for Foot Pedal dialog box

How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Add SmartMusic Markers. Select Wait for Foot Pedal from the
marker list on the left and click add. Or, select an existing Wait for Foot Pedal marker from the
Marker window and click Edit.
What it does
Use the settings in this dialog box to control the type and measure assignment for the Wait for
Foot Pedal marker you are adding or editing. For Start Waiting At, specify the point you want
SmartMusic to pause the accompaniment. For Resume At, specify the note point at which the
accompaniment should resume (upon pressing the foot pedal).
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• Start Waiting At: Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat,
or specify a bar and note to add a Wait for Foot Pedal marker. Previous
• Resume At: Rehearsal Mark • Bar • Beat • Repeat. Choose a rehearsal mark, repeat, or Chapter
specify a bar and note to add a Resume marker.
• Reset Tempo on Resume. Check this box to add a Reset Tempo marker after the Resume
marker. This resets the tempo to the previous value.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK to apply these settings to the SmartMusic Marker you are adding/
editing and return to the Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the
Add SmartMusic Markers dialog box without making changes.

Copying music
The Mass Edit Tool l is used to copy music from one place to another. Finale offers a great
deal of control over copying, including options for filtering specific elements, methods for both
inserting and replacing, and the ability to copy across documents. This section describes methods
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As you follow the steps in this section, it is important to bear in mind the difference between
replacing and inserting. If Copy and Replace is selected in the Mass Edit Menu, then drag-copy-
ing replaces what was already there. If Copy and Insert is selected, new beats/measures including Index
the source material are inserted at the location of the cursor.
Another important distinction can be made between drag copying and using the clipboard (Edit
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Menu > Cut/Copy). When you drag copy music (within the same document), all items selected in
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the Items to Copy dialog box are included. When you use the clipboard to copy and replace, only
Entry Items and a limited number of measure items can be copied.
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For the remainder of this section, “source” refers to the original music, and “target” refers to the Chapter
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To specify what, and how, you want to copy

Finale lets you copy only selected elements of music—such as chord symbols or articulations—
without affecting the notes themselves. You can easily choose any number of entry and measure
items by doing the following:
1. Click the Mass Edit Tool l . The Mass Edit Menu appears.
2. From the Mass Edit Menu, choose Items to Copy. The Items to Copy dialog box appears.
All measure and entry items appear in this dialog box. If you want to copy everything—
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selected by default).
3. Uncheck any item you do not want to copy and click OK. Now, when you copy, only
selected items appear in the target region. (Finale actually includes all items whenever you Index
copy. The Items to Copy dialog box actually filters certain items from appearing when insert-
ing or replacing entries. Therefore you could copy music, and subsequently change your
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get region.)
IMPORTANT: The settings in the Items to Copy dialog box are program-wide. That means
these settings apply to all documents, even after closing and restarting Finale. If you are Previous
unsure of previous settings be sure to review this dialog box prior to copying to ensure it is set Chapter
up as desired. (Also note that in contrast to copying, the Items to Clear dialog box invoked for
clearing items (Mass Edit Menu > Clear Items) is session-specific and resets after each use.)
4. Specify either Copy and Replace or Copy and Insert from the Mass Edit Menu. The first
command means that anything you copy will wipe out, or replace, any music in the target
measures. The second means that the copied material will be placed in front of any existing
music, pushing it to the right if necessary.
Of course, it doesn’t make much sense to “insert” articulation marks (for example) in front of
other marks; therefore, if you selected only note-attached elements (such as articulations or
chord symbols) but not the notes themselves, Finale will tell you that you’ve specified an
impossibility. Choose Copy and Replace instead, and try again.
5. Select a region. Click or drag-enclose any region of music to select it. Add additional mea-
sures to the selection by shift-clicking, select an entire staff by clicking to the left of it, or
choose Select All from the Edit Menu.
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enclosing it. Double-click to select a full measure, and double-click a second time if you want to
include all other staves in your selection.
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1. Select the music to be copied. See“To specify what, and how, you want to copy above.
2. With the Mass Edit Tool l selected, highlight a region of measures (or partial mea- Next
sures). Chapter
3. Click and drag the source music so that it’s superimposed on the first target measure. If
the first target measure is not on-screen, instead of dragging, do the following: With the source Previous
region selected, scroll until you see the desired target region. Then, while pressing ctrl and Chapter
shift together, click the first target measure.
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When Select Partial Measures is selected (Edit Menu), Finale replaces whatever was in the
target measures, starting at the position of the cursor, with a copy of the music you originally
selected. In other words, if you drag to beat three of a certain measure, the selected music will
begin at beat three. If the measure is empty, the music will appear at the nearest beat following
the cursor.
When copying full measures, the COPY MEASURES DIALOG BOX appears (unless you’re copy-
ing to a target measure directly above or below the source measure.)
4. Type the number of times you want the material (horizontally) copied. Click OK (or TOC
press enter). Finale replaces whatever was in the target measures with a copy (or copies) of
the music you originally selected. If you specified that you wanted to copy only certain note-
related items (like markings or chord symbols), they are copied only where the target region Index
contains notes or rests that fall on the same beats as in the original selection. (It wouldn’t
make much sense to put a staccato mark over a whole rest, for example.)
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If you specified that you wanted to insert the copied notes, and Select Partial Measures is
selected in the Edit Menu, Finale will rebar the piece to accommodate the extra beats.
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If Copy and Replace is selected under the Mass Edit Menu, existing material is replaced by Chapter
the copied material. If Copy and Insert is selected under the Mass Edit Menu, new measures
are inserted immediately prior to the target measure. The figures below illustrate how the
Copy and Replace and Copy and Insert differ, as well as the differences between copying full
measures and copying partial measures.
The figures below illustrate the four basic types of drag copying:

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In the example above, two full measures are copied to an adjacent staff. The whole rests in the
lower staff are ‘replaced’ by the copied music. Since the target region is a different instrument, the
notes are transposed to account for the new clef and staff transposition. Articulations and slurs
update accordingly. In this case, they move to the other side of the staff. The Measure Expression
F, in this case, was set to “This Staff Only” in the MEASURE EXPRESSION ASSIGNMENT DIALOG
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Here, a region containing partial measures is copied to another region in the same staff. Again,
existing rests are ‘replaced’ by the copied music. Note that although the Measure Expression
‘accel.’ is directly above the selected region, it is not copied. Measure Expressions are only
included if a full measure is selected. (If Select Partial Measures is selected under the Edit Menu,
you can double-click to select a full measure).

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When you Copy and Insert one or more full measures, new measures containing the source material
are inserted where you release the mouse button (increasing the total number of measures in the
document). In the example above, notice the music in all staves is pushed ahead one measure.
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When you Copy and Insert partial measures, the duration containing the source material is inserted
where you release the mouse button, increasing the length of the document by the inserted duration.
When Select Partial Measures is checked, Copy and Insert has an important secondary effect. Since
you’re inserting extra beats into a previously full measure, Finale will automatically rebar the sub-
sequent music—in other words, redistribute notes through the measures of your score until every
measure contains the correct number of beats. (You dictate its behavior in this regard by choosing
Rebar Options from the Rebar submenu of the Mass Edit Menu, and making the appropriate set-
tings.) Notice the music in the example above is pushed forward one beat. Also notice music in
other staves is not affected.

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Using the clipboard is another way to copy (or cut) and replace or insert music. This is the method
commonly used when copying across documents (see COPYING ACROSS DOCUMENTS). (The Copy
and Replace and Copy and Insert options under the Mass Edit Menu do not apply to clipboard Index
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To copy using the clipboard:

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1. With the Mass Edit Tool Chapter
sures).
2. Select the music to be copied. See“To specify what, and how, you want to copy,” above. Previous
3. Press Ctrl-C (or choose Copy from the Edit Menu) to copy entries to the clipboard and Chapter
leave existing material as is. Or, press Ctrl-X (or choose Cut from the Edit Menu) to cut
entries and place them on the clipboard. (If you chose to Cut, in the dialog box that
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appears, choose whether you would like to delete or clear the original music and click
OK.) The selected music is placed on the Clipboard. At this point, you can paste the copied
material anywhere—either elsewhere in the same document, or into another document. If you
want to paste to another document, open the document now, using the Open command in the
File Menu. You can’t, however, directly paste music into other programs such as word pro-
cessing or graphics programs. For details on exporting music into another program, see
ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (EPS) and GRAPHICS TOOL.
4. If you want the copied music to replace the music in the target region, select the region of
music you want to replace. (If you would like to insert new beats/measures containing TOC
the source material, skip to step 6.) Replace Entries doesn’t introduce any new measures
into the “target” document, but replaces whatever was there with the contents of the Clipboard
(like the Copy and Replace option under the Mass Edit Menu for drag copying). Index
5. Choose Replace Entries from the Edit Menu. The command is called Replace Entries
because it doesn’t wipe out any measure-related musical information, such as rehearsal marks
(measure attached expressions) and measure-width information. Only notes, musical elements Next
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attached to them, and Smart Shapes are replaced.
6. To insert the copied material into existing music, select the music just after the desired
insertion point. Choose Insert from the Edit Menu. There’s an important distinction Previous
between Finale’s two commands, ‘Insert’ and ‘Replace Entries’. The first one, Insert, intro- Chapter
duces new beats and measures into the piece, pushing all existing music to the right. You indi-
cate where you want the copied material to appear by selecting the notes or measures just after
it. So, if you want the copied music to appear between measures 3 and 4, click measure 4. (See
the figure below.)
When it adds new measures to the piece, Finale never misaligns one staff’s music with
another’s. Therefore, if the material you copied was from only one staff, but you’re pasting
into a many-staved score, the music on all the other staves will be shifted to the right (and
empty measures added), even though you’re only inserting into one staff.

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Suppose you’ve copied two measures onto the Clipboard. And you highlight two measures of a
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the Clipboard material will be inserted in front of the existing music. The music in other staves gets Previous
pushed to the right. (In this example, Select Partial Measures has been turned off in the Mass Edit Chapter
Menu.)
If the music on the Clipboard was copied from (for example) ten staves, you don’t have to
insert all ten staves’ worth into the target staff. You can highlight only four staves of the target
piece (a “slice” of the score that’s four staves tall); only the first four staves of the copied
material will be inserted, and Finale will ignore the remaining material on the Clipboard.
Whether replacing entries or inserting, all entry items can be copied using the clipboard method.
However, unlike drag copying (within a document), only certain measure items can be included
using the clipboard method, and are equivalent to the measure items that can be drag copied
across documents. For a list of measure items that can be copied using the clipboard method, see
the table under COPYING ACROSS DOCUMENTS.
Therefore, although clipboard copying is limited when used within the same document, it is
equivalent in functionality whether copying within the same document or across documents.
For more instructions on copying specific elements of music, see also CHORD SYMBOLS; LYRICS;
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and ARTICULATIONS. See also MIRRORING, which shows you how to create “intelligent” copies
that remain dynamically linked to their source music.
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All entry items can be drag copied across documents. However, only some measure items can be
included when copying from one document to another. The available number of measure items
you can transfer depend on whether Copy and Insert or Copy and Replace is selected under the Next
Mass Edit Menu (see table below). Note that the same measure items available using clipboard Chapter
method (Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V etc.) are available for drag copying across documents.
The following table lists the measure items that can be drag copied across documents using Copy Previous
and Replace vs. Copy and Insert. This table also lists all measure items that can be copied using Chapter
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the clipboard method (within or across documents). You can specify which of these items you
would like to copy in the ITEMS TO COPY DIALOG BOX.

Measure items that can be drag copied across Measure items that can be drag copied across
documents using Copy and Insert (or Insert/ documents using Copy and Replace (or Replace Entries
Ctrl-I under the Edit Menu) Ctrl-V under the Edit Menu)
Barline Styles Measure Expressions

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Key Signatures Split Points

Measure Expressions Staff Styles Index

Measure Widths

Note Positioning
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Smart Shapes (assigned to measures)
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Split Points
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Staff Styles

Tempo Changes

Time Signatures

Note: You can also use a clip file to copy across documents. Measure items that can be transferred
using Clip Files mirror those listed above. See TO COPY MULTIPLE PASSAGES OF MUSIC TO
ANOTHER DOCUMENT (USING CLIP FILES)

To make a copy of a document

These instructions assume that you’re running Finale. To duplicate a Finale document when
you’re not in Finale, select the desired file using Explorer and choose Copy from the File menu.
1. Open the document. Choose Save As from the File Menu. A dialog box appears, allowing
you to name the copy. No two documents in the same folder may have exactly the same name.
2. Click Save. The copy of the document is left on the screen, and the original is automatically TOC
closed without saving any changes.
To copy multiple passages of music to another document (using Clip Files)
Finale’s Clip Files feature gives you, in effect, multiple Clipboards, each containing a differ- Index
ent passage of music. By making Clip Files, you can copy many sections from a single docu-
ment before pasting them, one by one, into a new document. These files are stored on your
hard disk, where you can easily retrieve them for use in any document—a handy feature when Next
you want to re-use motifs. All entry items can be transferred from one document to another Chapter
using Clip Files. For a list of measure items that can be included, see COPYING ACROSS DOCU-
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1. Select the music to be copied. See “To specify what, and how, you want to copy,” above. Chapter
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2. While pressing ctrl, choose Copy from the Edit Menu. When you ctrl-Copy in this way,
you tell Finale to place the copied material into a file of its own, called a Clip File, instead of
on the invisible Clipboard.
A dialog box appears, asking you to name your Clipboard File.
3. Name the Clip File, and click Save (or press enter). Repeat the process with as many other
sections as you want: select the region, choose Copy while pressing ctrl, name and save the
Clip File.
4. Choose Open from the File Menu, and select the target document (if it’s not already
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open).
5. If you want to insert the copied music between two existing measures, click the measure
just after the insertion point. While pressing ctrl, choose Insert from the Edit Menu. Index
Once again, the ctrl key tells Finale you intend to access a Clip File. When you choose Insert,
the Paste dialog box appears, displaying the names of the Clip Files you’ve created. Double-
click the name of the desired Clip File. Next
If the material you copied was from only one staff, but you’re pasting into a many-staved Chapter
score, the music on all the other staves will be shifted to the right (and empty measures
added), even though you’re only inserting into one staff.
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6. If you want the copied music to replace (overwrite) the music in the target document, Chapter
select the region of measures whose music you want to replace. The copied material will
only replace the selected region, even if all of it doesn’t get pasted. Therefore, if you do want
the entire copied section to be pasted, be sure to select a region as large as the copied region.
7. While pressing ctrl, choose Replace Entries from the Edit Menu. A list box appears, dis-
playing the names of the Clip Files you’ve created. Double-click the name of the desired Clip
File. (As before, only notes, musical elements attached to them, and Smart Shapes are
replaced.)
To combine two files
Because copying between files requires using the clipboard, you should be aware of some unique
aspects of clipboard copying in Finale. See EXPRESSIONS.
1. Open the file you want to add music to. This is now your TARGET document. You may
wish to save a backup version of the file.
2. Click the Measure Tool z . From the Measure Menu, choose Add.
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3. Enter the number of measures you would like to add and click OK.
4. Open the file you want to copy music from. This is now your SOURCE document. You may
wish to save a backup version of the file.
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5. In your source document, click the Mass Edit Tool l
. the Mass Edit Menu appears.
6. From the Mass Edit Menu, choose Copy and Insert. From the Mass Edit Menu, choose
Copy Everything. Next
7. From the Edit Menu, choose Select All. All of your music should be highlighted. Chapter
8. From the Edit Menu, choose Copy.
9. From the Window Menu, choose your target document. Your target document moves to Previous
the front as the active window. Chapter
10. Click on the last empty measure to select it.
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11. From the Edit Menu, choose Insert. Your source document has now been added to the end
of your target document.
12. Click on the last empty measure to select it and hit Delete.
To copy score markings based on a rhythmic match
1. Click the Mass Edit Tool l . the Mass Edit Menu appears.
2. Select a region. Click or drag-enclose any region of music to select it. Add additional mea-
sures to the selection by shift-clicking. If Select Partial Measures is checked in the Edit Menu, TOC
select any region, large or small, by drag-enclosing it. Double-click to select a full measure,
and double-click a second time if you want to include all other staves in your selection.
The selection must occur on a single staff, not spanning multiple staves. Only rhythms and Index
markings in the current layer of the source region are used for the pattern matching and paint-
ing process.
3. From the Mass Edit Menu, choose Set SmartFind Source. A outline box appears around Next
the selected region. If you selected the wrong region, choose Deselect SmartFind Source from Chapter
the Mass Edit Menu, and try again.
4. Optional: select a target region to paint. If no region is selected, SmartFind will assume you Previous
wish to scan the entire score. You may include partial measures in your target region. Chapter
5. From the Mass Edit Menu, choose Apply SmartFind and Paint. The SmartFind and Paint
dialog box appears. See SMARTFIND AND PAINT DIALOG BOX.
6. Check the box for the markings you want to copy. If you’ve already entered some markings
into your score, you may wish to check “Delete Target Markings Before Paint.” With this box
checked, SmartFind will erase the markings before painting the new markings, so you get an
exact duplicate. Note that checking this option will only erase markings checked to paint. For
example, if all markings to paint were checked except articulations, SmartFind would erase
markings in the target but leave articulations untouched. The checked marking types will be
deleted regardless of whether the markings appear in the source region.
7. Click Find. SmartFind shows you the first match, if any. SmartFind will look for matches in
all layers of the target region, regardless of the source layer. SmartFind will search the first
measure of the top staff selected to the last measure of the top staff in the region, then continue
through layers, then down through the rest of the staves. SmartFind will search for a match
based on the rhythmic or note durations and therefore will consider tied notes. SmartFind will
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8. Click Paint to apply the markings to the match, or Paint All to apply the markings to all
matches, or click Find Next to skip this match. SmartFind copies the select score markings
from the source region onto the rhythmic match target region. Only the first note of a tied note Index
will receive copied markings.
9. When you’re finished, click Cancel or Close. You return to the score.
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Selecting music
You select regions of music using the Mass Edit Tool, although many of the instructions here also Previous
apply to the Staff Tool, Measure Tool, MIDI Tool, Clef Tool, Key Signature Tool, Time Signature Chapter
Tool, Note Mover Tool and the Lyrics Tool’s Clone Lyric command.
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You can select any region of music, regardless of whether or not it’s an increment of one measure.
To use this feature, choose Select Partial Measures in the Mass Edit Menu, so that a checkmark
appears. (If you prefer the old scheme, leave Select Partial Measures off).
To select the entire document
• From the Edit Menu, choose Select All (or press ctrl-A).
To select an entire staff
• Click to the left of the staff. To select additional staves, shift-click to the left of them. (You
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can’t select staves out of order.)
To select part of a measure (for Mass Edit, MIDI, and Staff Tools only)
1. From the Edit Menu, choose Select Partial Measures, unless a checkmark already Index
appears. Finale remembers the status of the Select Partial Measures option with each docu-
ment. If you want this setting to be turned on in every new document you create, be sure that
it’s on in your Maestro Font Default file. Next
2. Drag diagonally across any part of a measure. It’s OK to drag past a barline and into Chapter
another measure, too. You can shift-click to extend the selection to another part of the score,
exactly as you would when Select Partial Measures isn’t on. Previous
When you select a partial measure, Finale highlights an area from the left edge of the first Chapter
selected note to the right edge of the space after the last selected note, to help reinforce the fact
that you’re actually selecting a stretch of musical time.
Almost every Finale mass editing command may be applied to partially-selected measures. A
few, however, don’t make sense unless applied to full measures, such as – Add, Insert, or
Delete Measures, Change submenu: Key, Time; Utilities submenu: Check Ties, Convert Mir-
rors, Explode Music, Implode Music; Music Spacing submenu: Apply Beat Spacing, Apply
Note Spacing, Apply Time Signature Spacing; Fit Music; Move/Copy Layers.
You can apply all other Mass Edit Menu commands—including Transpose, Rebeam, and
Rebar—to partial-measure selections. You can use the Edit Menu commands, too, such as
Cut, Copy, and Insert. Note, however, that when partial measures are selected, the Edit com-
mands only cut, copy, or paste note-related items (notes, lyrics, chord symbols, and so on), but
not measure-related items (like rehearsal marks, key changes, and so on).
If you try to use a full-measure–only command after selecting only part of a measure, Finale
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will let you know; you’ll have the choice of canceling the command, or applying the com-
mand to all measures that are even partly selected.
To select a full measure Index
• If there’s a checkmark beside Select Partial Measures (in the Edit Menu), double-click a
measure. If Select Partial Measures is turned off, you can select a measure by clicking it once.
To select additional measures, assume that the one you just selected is the first one in the Next
selection; shift-click a later (or earlier) measure to select it and all measures in between. Chapter

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To select a full measure stack

A measure stack is one measure as played by all the instruments in the staff—in other words, a
one-measure vertical slice of a score. (Generally, the term measure in this manual refers to one
measure of one staff.)
• If Select Partial Measures is selected (in the Edit Menu), double-click a measure (to
select the full measure); then double-click a second time. If Select Partial Measures is not
selected, you select a measure stack by double-clicking a measure.
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1. From the Edit Menu, choose Select Region. The Select Region dialog box appears.
2. Enter the staff, measure, and beat with which you want to begin and end the selection.
For example, you can select the Flute staff, measure 4 beat 2, through the Bass staff, measure Index
10 beat 1. See SELECT REGION DIALOG BOX for more information. The important thing to
remember is that this feature lets you select music without having to scroll to it (and wait for
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the screen to redraw). You can even select music that’s not on the screen.
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3. Click OK (or press enter).
To select all measures right or left of a selection Previous
1. Select the measure or partial measure. Chapter
2. Hold down the shift key and the left or right arrow key. Finale selects all measures to the
left or right of your original selection.

Major seconds (in different voices and layers)

When notes in two Finale layers fall on the same beat but are a major second apart, Finale usually
automatically offset some of them to avoid overlapping the noteheads. However, if you’ve turned
off Automatic Music Spacing, Finale won’t adjust these for you until you take the following steps.
To fix overlapping noteheads in different layers
1. Click the Mass Edit Tool l
, and select the measures you want to edit. See SELECTING
MUSIC for more information.
2. From the Options Menu, choose Document Options and select Music Spacing. The Music
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3. Make sure that the Seconds checkbox is selected. You can also verify that other options you
want included in spacing considerations are selected. See Document Options-MUSIC SPACING
for more information.
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4. Click Apply and then OK.
5. Choose Apply Note Spacing from the Music Spacing submenu of the Mass Edit Menu.
Your music will be spaced to avoid collisions between seconds in different layers. See Docu-
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ment Options-MUSIC SPACING for more information on different types of music spacing.
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Undo Previous
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Multiple Undo and Redo are available from the Edit Menu. Every action taken that modifies your
music can be undone sequentially, in the reverse order in which you took action. The amount of
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changes that can be undone is only limited by the free disk space on your computer. This space is
freed up when you quit Finale. These actions are also available from the Edit Menu Toolbar.
To undo the last change or a series of changes to your score
1. Choose Undo from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-Z. You cannot select Undo if you have not
performed any actions that modified the current document.
2. To continue undoing changes, choose Undo from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-Z repeat-
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1. Choose Undo/Redo Lists from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-shift-Z. The Undo/Redo Lists
dialog box appears.
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2. Select the last change that you want to undo from the list on the left. Finale will highlight
all the actions that will be undone from the point you selected.
3. Click OK. Finale will undo all the highlighted actions in the list.
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To re-apply changes to your score using redo Chapter
You cannot redo an action unless you have already selected Undo.
1. Choose Redo from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-Y. Previous
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2. To continue redoing changes, choose Redo from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-Y repeatedly.
To redo a series of changes up to a specified point
1. Choose Undo/Redo Lists from the Edit Menu or type ctrl-shift-Z. The Undo/Redo Lists
dialog box appears.
2. Select the last change that you want to redo from the list on the right. Finale will highlight
all the actions that will be redone from the point you selected.
3. Click OK. Finale will redo all the highlighted actions in the list.
To allow undo actions previous to saving a file
1. Choose Program Options from the Options Menu and select Edit. The Program Options
dialog box appears with the Edit Options available.
2. Select Allow Undo Past Save. This will allow Finale to continue tracking undo actions even
though you have saved your document.
3. Click OK. You return to the score.
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Snapping to grids and guides

Snap to Grid and Snap to Guide is only available in Page View. Index
To turn on snapping of grids and guides
• Choose Snap to Grid or Snap to Guide from the Edit Menu. Choose the item again to
deselect it and turn it off. Next
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To turn on display of grids and guides
• Choose Show Grid or Show Guides from the View Menu. Choose Hide Grid or Hide Previous
Guides turn it off. Chapter
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To snap items to a grid or guide

1. Choose Page View from the View Menu.
2. Make sure that Snap to Grid or Snap to Guide is selected in the View Menu. See To set up
a grid and To set up guides for information on creating and setting up guides and grids.
3. Select a tool (such as the Expression Tool) that is enabled in the Items to Snap to Grid or
Items to Snap to Guide dialog box.
4. Select a handle and move the item. The item will snap to the nearest grid point or guide line
when you release the mouse button. Items will snap to a guide line only if they are moved to
within the guides gravity zone. This is set up in the Grid/Guide Options dialog box. TOC
To temporarily override the Snap function, press ctrl while dragging the item. Guides override
the grid if both are being used and the item is dragged within the gravity zone of the guide.
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To set up a grid
1. Choose Grid/Guide Options from the View Menu. The Grid/Guide Options dialog box
appears. See Document Options-GRIDS AND GUIDES. Next
2. Enter the density of the grid in the Grid Line Every text box. You can select the specific Chapter
units.
3. Enter the amount of the grid you would like to show in the Display One in text box. For Previous
example, entering a 1 would display every grid line. Entering a 2 would display every other Chapter
grid line.
4. Select the style of the grid lines from the Grid Line Style drop-down list.
5. Click Grid Color to set up the color of the grid.
6. Click on Items to Snap to Grid to select which items are affected by the Snap to Grid
function. See ITEMS TO SNAP TO GRID AND ITEMS TO SNAP TO GUIDE DIALOG BOXES for
more details.
7. Click Show Grid and Snap to Grid. This will ensure that the grid is displayed and in effect.
8. Click OK.
To set up guides
1. Choose Grid/Guide Options from the View Menu. The Grid/Guide Options dialog box
appears.
2. Enter the size of the gravity zone around the guide in the Gravity Zone Size text box. You
can select the specific units. The gravity zone is the space around the guide that will “capture”
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3. Select the style of the grid lines from the Guide Line Style drop-down list.
4. Click Guides Color to set up the color of the grid.
5. Click on Items to Snap to Guide to select which items are affected by the Snap to Guide
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function. See ITEMS TO SNAP TO GRID AND ITEMS TO SNAP TO GUIDE DIALOG BOXES for
more details.
6. Click Show Guide and Snap to Guide. This will ensure that the guides are displayed and in
effect. Next
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7. Click OK.
8. Make sure Show Rulers and Page View are selected in the View Menu.
9. Double-click in the ruler to create a guide. Click on the guide in the ruler and drag to move Previous
the guide. Click on the guide in the ruler and press delete to delete guide. Ctrl-click to select Chapter
multiple guides.