LOCATED: in the Dock, in the Music folder.
NOTE: Finale 2004 is installed on all Windows machines on the first floor, whilst Finale 2005 is installed on all macs and Windows machines with MIDI keyboards on the 3rd. Also note that Finale 2005 files are not compatable with Finale 2004.
1. As soon as you launch up the program, the Create New Music window appears. Choose Set-Up Wizard to pass through the various options for creating a new file. The Set-Up Wizard allows you to set the Instruments and score type you are writing for. It lets you title your piece and set it up.The image below displays most of the useful tools for editing in Finale. Follow each number to find out how to use the tool.
1 - The Magnifying Glass tool allows you to zoom in and out of the page. Hold down the shift key to zoom out.
2- The Staff tool allows you to change staff perimeters. Double-click on the little staff box to see the editing possibilites, including transposing parts and notation styles. Further choices can be found under the Staff menu.
3- The Measure Tool allows control over measures. Also look at the measure menu to add bars, delete bars and change the options for measure numbers. The little box that appears above every bar in the score controls the length of each bar. Double-click on this box to see options regarding barlines.
4- The Key Signiture tool allows key changes thoughout the entire score. Just double-click in the bar where you wish there to be a key change.
5- Time Signiture changes can be made mid-bar or at the beginning of a bar or can be applied to a region.
6- Opens the Simple Entry pallete (shown to the left of the diagram) which controls note entry via the computer keyboard of MIDI keyboard. Ties, accidentals, grace notes and simple triplets are also found here.
7- Tuplet tool for creating triplets, quaduplets, quintuplets, etc. for any given rhythm.
8- The Expression tool opens the Expression pallate, which is shown to the right of the above diagram.
9- The Smart Shapes Pallate lets you attach symbols to notes and bars.
10- The Articulation Tool. Click on a note to add an articulation. Notice also the edit option within the Articulation Window.
11- The Text Tool, for text inclusion. NOTE: this is not like the Expression tool, which attaches an expression to a specific note or bar. Texts created with the Text Tool are page specific and do not move if the page is reformated/respaced.
12- The Playback Controls, for playing your scores.
