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This reference includes descriptions of all Finale menu items, dialog box commands, and other information regarding Finale's functions.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

Metatools

Contextual menus

Garritan Instruments for Finale instrument details

Percussion Layouts

Palettes, Tools, Menus, and Dialog Boxes

Palettes

Playback Controls

Advanced Tools palette

Navigational Tools palette

Main Tool palette

Simple Entry palette

Simple Entry Rests palette

Smart Shape palette

Special Tools palette

Tools

Articulation Tool

Chord Tool

Clef Tool

Expression Tool

Graphics Tool

Hand Grabber Tool

Key Signature Tool

Lyrics Tool

HyperScribe Tool

Measure Tool

MIDI Tool

Mirror Tool

Note Mover Tool

Ossia Tool

Page Layout Tool

Repeat Tool

Resize Tool

Selection Tool

Simple Entry Tool

Smart Shape Tool

Special Tools Tool

Speedy Entry Tool

Staff Tool

Tempo Tool

Text Tool

Time Signature Tool

Tuplet Tool

Zoom Tool

Menus

Chord Menu

Document Menu

Edit Menu

Expression Menu

File Menu

Graphics Menu

Help Menu

HyperScribe Menu

Lyrics Menu

Measure Menu

MIDI/Audio Menu

MIDI Tool Menu

Mirror Menu

Note Mover Menu

Page Layout Menu

Plug-in Menu

Repeat Menu

Search Menu

Simple Menu

Shape Designer Menu

Smart Shape Menu

Special Tools Menu

Speedy Menu

Staff Menu

Text Menu (Lyrics Tool)

Text Menu

Tool Menu

Utilities Menu

View Menu

Window Menu

Dialog Boxes

Numerics

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

Interface Changes

Finale 2014 Interface Changes

Finale 2012 Interface Changes

Finale 2011 Interface Changes

Finale 2010 Interface Changes

Finale 2009 Interface Changes

Finale 2008 Interface Changes

Plug-ins

Expressions

Auto-Dynamic Placement Plug-in

Finale Script

FinaleScript™ plug-in

FinaleScript Options dialog box

Lyrics

Auto Slur Melismas

Clear Lyric Positioning

Measures

Automatic Barlines

Clear Measure # Positioning

Create Coda System

Merge Measures

Mid-Measure Repeats

Number Repeated Measures

Split Measure

Miscellaneous

Change Fonts

Command Line

Count Items

Note, Beam and Rest Editing

Patterson Plug-Ins Lite

AlphaNotes

AlphaNotes – Northern European

Cautionary Accidentals

Change Noteheads

Change to Default Whole Rests

Change to Real Whole Rests

Check Region for Durations

Classic Eighth Beams

Flat Beams Plug-in, Flat Beams (Remove)

Ledger Lines (Hide) Plug-in, Ledger Lines (Show)

Midline Stem Direction

Move Rests

Notes and Rests (Hide) Plug-in, Notes and Rests (Show)

Resize Noteheads

Rhythmic Subdivisions

Single Pitch

Slash Flagged Grace Notes Plug-in, Slash Flagged Grace Notes (Remove)

Voice 2 to Layer

Playback

Apply Human Playback

Scoring and Arranging

Add Cue Notes

Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing

Canonic Utilities

Check Range

Chord Analysis

Drum Groove

Find Parallel Motion

Find Range

Global Staff Attributes

Latin Percussion

Piano Reduction

Score System Divider

Smart Cue Notes

Smart page Turns

Space Systems

Split Point

Vertical Collision Remover

TG Tools

Align/Move Dynamics

Create Handbells Used Chart

Cross Staff

Easy Harmonics

Easy Tremolos

Menu Shortcuts

Modify Rests

Process Extracted Parts

Smart Playback

Smart Split Point

Plug-in filenames

Character Sets

Broadway Copyist Font

Engraver Font

Finale Alpha Notes Font

Finale Copyist Text Font

Finale Lyrics Font

Finale Mallets Font

Finale Numerics Font

Finale Percussion Font

Jazz Font

Maestro Font

MaestroTimes Font

Percussion MIDI Maps

SmartMusic SoftSynth

Garritan Instruments for Finale

TapSpace Virtual Drumline

MIDI

Bank Select - Bank Change Table

General MIDI Patch Set Groupings Table

General MIDI Table

MIDI Note to Pitch Table

MIDI Terminology

More on MIDI

Other SmartMusic SoftSynth Patches

Program Defaults

Document Settings and Program Settings

Equivalents

Exercise Wizard Instrument Ranges

Finale and Explorer

Finale File Extensions

Finale Installation Details

Finale Libraries

Finale Notational Defaults

Linking Details for Linked Parts

Advanced Configurations

Alternative music fonts

Configuring MacSymbolFonts.txt

Configuring Pagesizes.txt

Customized Speedy Keymap

Repertoire

Classical

Folk Traditional

Holiday Patriotic

Rounds

Worksheets & Flash Cards

Elements of Music

Scales

Major

Natural Minor

Harmonic Minor

Melodic Minor

Blues

Scale Identification

Rhythms

Time Signatures

Rhythmic Equations

Simple Time

Compound time

Intervals

Interval Basics

Major/Minor/Perfect

Chromatic Intervals

Chords

Major Triads

Minor

Diminished

Augmented

First Inversion

2nd Inversion

Chord Puzzles

Quality Identification

Jazz Progressions

Triads & Major Scales

Terminology

Puzzles, Games & Flash Cards

Musical Words

Word Search

Puzzles

Flash Cards

Mozart Dice Game

Drum Bingo

Ear Training

Intervals

Chords

Melodic Dictation

Form and Analysis

Jazz and Improv

Terms and Symbols

Symbols

Terms-A

Terms-B

Terms-C

Terms-D

Terms-E

Terms-F

Terms-G

Terms-H

Terms-I

Terms-J

Terms-K

Terms-L

Terms-M

Terms-N

Terms-O

Terms-P

Terms-Q

Terms-R

Terms-S

Terms-T

Terms-U

Terms-V

Terms-W

Terms-Z

 

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