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To copy and paste by dragging

  1. Specify the musical elements you would like to copy in the Edit Filter dialog box. See To specify what you want to copy. Or, to copy everything, ensure Use Filter is unchecked under the Edit menu. (Tempo changes are the exception; they are not included when Use Filter is unchecked. See To copy tempo changes.)
  2. With the Selection tool selected, highlight a region of measures. Or, highlight a region with any tool that allows regional selection. For details, see Selecting music.
  3. Click and drag the source music so that it’s superimposed on the target measure(s).
  4. When the black border surrounds the desired target region, release the mouse button to paste as shown below. 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 pasted music will begin at beat three. If the measure is empty, the music will appear at the nearest beat following the cursor.

If the first target measure is not on-screen, instead of dragging, do the following:

  1. With the source region selected, scroll until you see the desired target region.
  2. While pressing CTRL, click the first target measure. The music appears in the target measure(s) with the same beat placement as the original (as shown below).

Alternatively, you can hold down both CTRL and SHIFT as you click to open the Edit Filter dialog box which allows you to specify elements of the source region you want to include.

Also, you can hold down CTRL and ALT to open the Paste Multiple dialog box which allows you to past additional copies of the source material.

 

 

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