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To select a region of measures

 

Mouse click or keyboard command

What it does

Click a measure

Selects the full measure

Click and drag diagonally across any measure region (partial or whole measures)

Selects the measure region

When you select a partial measure, Finale highlights an area from the left edge of the first 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.

SHIFT-click and drag diagonally across any part of a measure

 Selects full measures only

SHIFT-click before or after a selected region

Extends the selection to wherever you click

Hold down SHIFT and press the left or right arrow keys

Expands or contracts the selected regionin entry-by-entry increments

…measure-by-measure increments if the measures are empty. Specify you want to adjust the beginning or end of the selected region by pressing the left or right arrow key first respectively.

With the Selection tool selected, double-click any partial measure selection

Or, ALT-click any partial measure selection with any tool that permits regional selection

(The selection can include any number of measures starting and/or ending with a partial measure)

Expands the selection to include full measures.

 

With the Selection tool selected, double-click a full measure

Or ALT-click any full measure selection with any tool that permits regional selection

Expands selection to include the full stack.

 

Click to the left of the staff

Selects an entire staff

SHIFT-click to the left of a staff

Extends the selection from any other staves you've selected

From the Edit menu, choose Select All or press CTRL+A

Selects the entire document

Hold down CTRL+SHIFT and press the left or right arrow keys

Expand or contract the selected region by full measures

Hold down SHIFT and press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys

Expands or contract the selected region vertically (staff-by-staff)

Hold down the SHIFT key and press END, HOME, PAGE UP, and PAGE DOWN

Select all measures right, left, above, or below a selection

 

 

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