Suggestions: By Subject

Accidentals
 Graphics
 Pages
 Staff Sets
Articulations
 Grid and Guides
 PDK
 Staves
Barlines
 Hairpins
 Pickup Measures
 Stems
Beams
 Hyperscribe
 Platforms
 Systems
Bookmarks
 Implosion
 Playback
 Tab Slides
Brackets
 Instruments
 Plug-Ins
 Tablature
Chords
 Intervals
 Printing
 Templates
Clefs
 Key Signatures
 Repeats
 Tempo
Comments
 Layers
 Resize
 Text
Cues
 Ledger Lines
 Rests
 Ties
Document Setup
 Libraries
 Retranscription
 Time Signatures
Explosion
 Lines
 Scanning
 Transposition
Expressions
 Lyrics
 Shape Designer
 Tremolos
Extraction
 Margins
 Simple Entry
 Trills
Files
 Measures
 Slurs
 Tuplets
Flags
 MIDI Data
 Smart Shapes
 Upgrades
Fonts
 Noteheads
 Source Code
 User Interface
Glissandos
 Notes
 Spacing
 Web Publishing
Grace Notes
 Ossia Measures
 Speedy Entry



Accidentals

686Improve Processing of Frozen Naturals by Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in
665Don't Delete Accidentals in 2nd Bar of a Tied Pair of Bars when Editing 1st Bar
520Add an Option to Automatically Freeze Accidentals for Simple Entry Tool
519Add an Option to Disable Accidental Checking for Simple Entry Tool
517Utilities to Freeze or Unfreeze All Accidentals in a Selected Region
492Add an Accidental Locus-Selection Special Tool
454Using Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in with Chromatically Transposed Staves
450Undo Changes Made to Avoid Collision of Seconds if Note Spelling is Changed
445Automatically Avoid Collisions of Accidentals Across Layers for All Intervals
437Add a Accidental Shape Special Tool
385Allow Space Between Accidentals and Notes to Depend on Accidental Type
384Allow Accidentals to be Placed Close to Noteheads in Chords with Seconds
383Allow the Space Between Accidentals of Chords to Depend on Interval Size
378Allow All Accidentals of a Given Type to be Moved Vertically
377Allow Selected Accidentals to be Moved Vertically
373Prevent Accidentals of Chords from Jumping when an Accidental is Moved
370Include Position Relative to Default in Status Bar of Accidental Mover Tool
369Show Offset of Accidentals that are at the Default Position
368Always Position Accidental Mover Handles at the Left Edge of Accidentals
333Allow Accidentals to Overlap Preceding Notes and Dots on Large Intervals
298Space Between Accidentals and Notes with Ledger Lines
279Treating Silent Regions as Barlines with Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in
224Add Options for Non-Repeated Local Accidentals
216Cautionary Accidentals Across Staves
127Cautionary Accidentals for Ties over Systems or Pages
111Accidentals on a Tied Group of Notes
110Real-Time Cautionary Accidentals
26Respelling Notes that Favors Simplest Intervals
13Don't Break Ties on Respell Notes


Articulations

621Allow an Articulation to be Attached to a Subset of the Notes of an Entry
573An Option to Adjust the Vertical Position of Articulations for Sloped Beams
571Allow the Order in which Articulations are Stacked to be Specified
532Display Articulation and Expression Numbers in Status Bar
514An Option to Automatically Stack Articulations Attached to a Note
463Allow Expressions and Articulations to be Selected by Using ID Numbers
440An Option to Position an Articulation Relative to the Inner Beam or Flag
439An Option to Horizontally Center an Articulation on the Stem Automatically
409Add a Menu Item called Define Articulations to an Articulation Menu
340Options for Positioning Slurs that are Attached to Notes with Articulations
325Mouse-Free Functionality to Attach Articulations and Expressions to Notes
308Display Expression and Articulation Playback Effects on MIDI Split Screen
283Articulation Playback Effects for Tremolos and Trills
201Character Offset in Articulations That Are Copied Horizontally or Vertically
200Position Controls for Articulations That Are Copied Horizontally or Vertically
199Vertical Alignment of Articulations That Are Copied Vertically
198Length Controls for Articulations That Are Copied Horizontally or Vertically
147Articulations: Main, Flipped and More
142Position Articulations on Rests Further to the Right
137Merge Expressions and Articulations into a Single Tool
126Indicate Selected Font on Articulation Designer
123Setting The Color of a Given Articulation, Expression or Type of Smart Shape
113Multiple Playback Effects for Articulations
108Snapping Articulations to Grid and Guide Lines
107Show All Articulation Handles
22Named Expressions and Articulations


Barlines

703A Setting for the Minimum Distance between Hairpins and Barlines
330Add a Checkbox Option for Barlines to the Measure Items Dialog Box
282Tuplets Across Barlines
238Independent Barlines for Staves
218Aligning Measure-Attached Expressions to Barlines
17Automatic Beaming over Barlines


Beams

695A Utility to Make All Sloped Beams in a Region have the Same Slope
693An Option to Control Automatic Rebeaming when Copying Music
596An Option to Break Secondary Beams within a Tuplet at Sub-beat Groups
595An Option to Control the Direction of Broken Beams in Tuplets
594A Beaming Option to Break All Secondary Beams Before and After a Tuplet
518Add an Option to Disable Beam Checking for Simple Entry Tool
440An Option to Position an Articulation Relative to the Inner Beam or Flag
347Show Length of Shortest Stem in Status Bar of Beam Angle Tool
346Show Slope of Selected Beam in Status Bar of Beam Angle Tool
338An Option to Control the Minimum Slope of Sloped Beams
326Default Stem Lengths for Beam Groups with No Rests (Flat-Beam Case)
322Flat Beams when Extreme Note is in a Chord that Spans the Beam Group
311Displacement of Floating Rests as a Function of Duration and Beam Side
276Handles for Secondary Beams with Beam Extension Tool
275Specifying Defaults for Beam Extension Selection Dialog Box
219Conventions for Beaming Notes of the Same Duration
213An Option to Use Directed Broken Beams in Place of Flags
178Default Stem Lengths for Beam Groups with Rests (Flat-Beam Case)
177Adjusting the Vertical Position of the Left End of a Beam
173Make The Length of All Broken Beams the Same
172Flat Beams for Beam Groups that Contain a Rest
17Automatic Beaming over Barlines


Bookmarks

486Allow Playback to Begin and End at a Bookmark
451Allow a User-definable Keyboard Shortcut to be Assigned to a Bookmark


Brackets

462Default Values for Bracket Options
457Add an Option to Merge the Ears of Nested Group Brackets
149Thickness of Group Brackets


Chords

710Add a Polychord Option to the Chord Definition Dialog Box
589User-Definable Chord Styles
510User-Definable Solmization Syllables for Solfeggio Chord Style
386An Option to Show All Chord Handles in All Input Modes
384Allow Accidentals to be Placed Close to Noteheads in Chords with Seconds
383Allow the Space Between Accidentals of Chords to Depend on Interval Size
284Chord Analysis Across Layers
197A Utility to Create Guitar-Fretboard Chord Diagrams
194Transpose Chord Symbols on Chromatically Transposed Staves
122Font and Character Used for a Chord


Clefs

709Settings for the Space after Cautionary Clefs, Key and Time Signatures
702A Setting for the Space between Multimeasure Rests and End-measure Clefs
656Automatically Resize Existing Mid-measure Clefs when Default Size is Changed
655Options to Specify the Space Before and After a Given End-measure Clef
654Options to Specify the Space Before and After a Given Mid-measure Clef
652Add a Shortcut to Adjust the Horizontal Offset of a Mid-measure Clef
648A Setting for the Default Space After a Mid-measure Clef
647A Setting for the Default Minimum Space Before a Clef Change
569Allow Clef Metatools to be Programmed
434An Option to Position a Mid-measure Clef Between Left Barline and First Beat
207Provide Additional Predefined Clefs
146Spacing Clefs, Signatures and Music
10Clef Change Assistant Utility


Comments

36Text Blocks (or Other Objects) That Are Comments


Cues

608Allow a New Object Type Called Part to be Defined
524An Option to Include Measure-Attached Expressions in Cues
523An Option to Create One Cue Name Expression with Add Cue Notes Plug-in


Document Setup

661Allow Bank-Select Patches to be Specified in the File Instrument.txt
557Use Record Names to Identify Instruments in Document Setup Wizard
505Use Title for Default File Name of Documents Created with Setup Wizard
262An Option for One MIDI Channel Per Instrument in Document Setup Wizard


Explosion

611Rename Utilities Explode and Implode as Split and Merge
242Explode Music into Extracted Parts
226Exploding Music to a Noncontiguous Set of Existing Staves


Expressions

708Setting the Horizontal xor Vertical Position of Expressions Relative to the Default
635Allow MIDI Messages of Any Length to be Played Back by Expressions
633Allow Smart Shape Hairpins to be Attached to Dynamic Expressions
632Use Colors to Indicate Attachment Type on Expression Selection Dialog Box
624An Option to Specify the Time at which an Opaque Object is Drawn
620Allow an Expression to be Attached to a Subset of the Notes of an Entry
578Change Cursor to Indicate that a Note-Attached Expression will be Created
563An Option to Avoid Collisions with a Given Measure-Attached Expression
532Display Articulation and Expression Numbers in Status Bar
497Allow Measure-Attached Expressions to be Dragged Left of a Pickup Measure
463Allow Expressions and Articulations to be Selected by Using ID Numbers
459Add an Option for an Expression to Begin a New Staff System
453Add an Insert Symbol Button to the Text Expression Designer Dialog Box
408Add a Menu Item called Define Expressions to the Expression Menu
407Positioning Expressions Horizontally Relative to Barlines, Clefs and Signatures
404An Option to Always Show an Expression on the Top Staff of a Group
379Allow a Shape Expression to be Automatically Scaled to Fill a Given Duration
364Add Handle Offset Controls for Expressions
328Merge Custom Frame and Enclosure Designer into a Single Dialog Box
325Mouse-Free Functionality to Attach Articulations and Expressions to Notes
308Display Expression and Articulation Playback Effects on MIDI Split Screen
218Aligning Measure-Attached Expressions to Barlines
215Mixed Fonts in Text Expressions
137Merge Expressions and Articulations into a Single Tool
136Default Values for Expression Assignment
123Setting The Color of a Given Articulation, Expression or Type of Smart Shape
95Expressions to Alter Note Durations
72Expression Inserts for Text Blocks
71Page-Attached Expressions
50Make Delete Duplicate Text Expressions Optional
45Scrolling to Any Expression from Within Text Expression Designer
44Reordering Expressions in List
40Expression Selection List Navigation
39Text-Block-Like Formatting for Text Expressions
38Carriage Returns in Text Expressions
22Named Expressions and Articulations
20Note-Attached Expressions Positioned Relative to Staff
2Auto-Select Single Expressions or Other Objects


Extraction

608Allow a New Object Type Called Part to be Defined
511An Option to Replace Illegal File Name Characters when Extracting Parts
372Allow Font, Size and Position of Part Name Header to Change after Page One
318Propagate Changes in an Extracted Part to the Score File
317Propagate Changes in a Score to Existing Extracted Part Files
242Explode Music into Extracted Parts
241Extracting Layers of a Staff


Files

681A Utility to Save and Open Archived Versions of a Given Document
672Utilities to Export and Import Registry Settings on the Windows Platform
670An Option to Derive INI Settings from an Old Version when Installing Upgrades
667Eliminate Resource Leak Caused by Switching Documents on Windows Platform
619An Option to Save Finale Documents in a Compressed Form
609A Finale Genome Project
607Move Auto-Save Controls to an Auto-Save Options Dialog Box
580An Option to Embed Fonts in a Finale Document
548An Option to Store an Imported Graphics File within a Finale Document
509Rename Menu Item Default Document as Document From Default
508Add Menu Items to Open Default Document and Templates
507Use Untitled for Name of New Documents Created from Default or Template
506Display Save As Dialog Box when Saving for the First Time
505Use Title for Default File Name of Documents Created with Setup Wizard
494Allow Text Block Edits to be Saved While Editing a Text Block On-Screen
493Allow Undo of Changes Made to a File in a Previous Editing Session
487Allow Graphics Files of Music Scores to be Interpreted by Finale
482An Option to Open Documents at the Position that was Current when Saved
467A Utility to Export SCORE Files
466A Utility to Import SCORE Files
465A Utility to Export NIFF Files
464A Utility to Import NIFF Files
411Append an Asterisk to Document Name in Title Bar for Changed Documents
388Add a Clip Files Window with a Drag-and-Drop Interface
356Include Version 1.x and 2.x Files in File Open Dialog Box on Macintosh
355Make Saving Instantaneous for Unchanged Documents
342Opening a Finale File with a Previous Version of Finale
341Provide Complete Documentation of the ETF File Format
320A File Compare Utility for Finale Files


Flags

440An Option to Position an Articulation Relative to the Inner Beam or Flag
213An Option to Use Directed Broken Beams in Place of Flags
212Add a Custom-Flag Special Tool


Fonts

714Use Kerning Data in Postscript Fonts when Printing on Windows Platform
713An Option to Override any Default Font for a Given Staff
678Add a Dialog Box to Display Font Usage and Availability
658Automatically Change Font of Lyrics when Default Lyric Font is Changed
617Add an Elision Character to Some Font that is Distributed with Finale
580An Option to Embed Fonts in a Finale Document
461Improve Speed of Displaying the Font Dialog Box
456Add a Color Option to the Font Dialog Box
442Use Selected Font to Show Noteheads on Change Noteheads Dialog Box
414Provide a Set of Fonts for Contemporary Music Notation Symbols
273Font Sizes that are Decimal Values
227Allow Default Font Settings to be Saved Into a Library
223Include Character Numbers in Character Maps in On-line Documentation
196Encircled Numbers for Indicating Guitar Strings
119Collect Font-Related Menu Items
116Force Reload of Fonts
83Add a Colon to Engraver Fonts
82Character Map Dialog Box


Glissandos

604An Option to have Glissandos and Tab Slides Affect Playback


Grace Notes

646Add Settings for the Length of Ledger Lines for Resized Notes
645Add Settings for the Thickness of Ledger Lines for Resized Notes
485Use Grace Note Spacing Setting when Respacing Music
261Always Enable Keyboard Shortcut for Grace-Note Slashes
202Slashes on Beamed Grace Notes


Graphics

624An Option to Specify the Time at which an Opaque Object is Drawn
564A User Interface to Change the Name of an Imported Graphics File
552Allow LZW-Compressed TIFF Files to be Imported and Exported
548An Option to Store an Imported Graphics File within a Finale Document
487Allow Graphics Files of Music Scores to be Interpreted by Finale
484Save State of TIFF Controls on Export Selection Dialog Box at Exit
351Add Selection Rectangle Coordinates to the Export Selection Dialog Box
350Changing the Size of the Selection Rectangle when Exporting a Graphic
293Exporting Graphics with Display Colors
271Exporting to a GIF File with the Graphics Tool
109Do Not Remember Page Number on Export Selection Dialog Box


Grid and Guides

690Do Not Erase Guide Lines when an Object is Moved with a Special Tool
643Display Most Recently Used Nudge Amounts in Guide Line Context Menus
572Deleting All Horizontal or Vertical Guide Lines in One Step
500Redraw Guide Lines after an Object is Moved
425Snapping Tuplets to Grid and Guide Lines
424Snapping Smart Shapes to Grid and Guide Lines
402An Option to Hide Guide Line Handles when Guide Lines are Hidden
323Deleting All Guide Lines in One Step
280Evenly Spaced Arrays of Horizontal Guide Lines Above and Below Staves
274Vertical Guide Lines for Beats
267Allow Grid and Guides to be Saved Into a Library
253Creating an Array of Guide Lines
139Guide Lines for First Page and Left and Right Pages
138Reposition Guide Line and Preserve Original
108Snapping Articulations to Grid and Guide Lines
102Grid and Guide Lines for Scroll View


Hairpins

703A Setting for the Minimum Distance between Hairpins and Barlines
680A Setting for the Overlap Factor in Hairpins
657Automatically Adjust Opening Width of Hairpins when Default is Changed
651Add Dashed Crescendo and Dashed Decrescendo Smart Shape Tools
633Allow Smart Shape Hairpins to be Attached to Dynamic Expressions
628Allow the Small Opening Width of a Given Hairpin Segment to be Adjusted
627A Setting for the Default Small Opening Width of Hairpins at System Breaks
626Vertically Center Hairpin Segments about Handles
625Make Opening Width of Hairpin Segments the Same as Unbroken Hairpins
483An Option to Automatically Attach Hairpins to the Upper (or Lower) Staff
473Make Hairpins be Horizontal over System Breaks by Default
448Allow the Thickness of a Given Smart Shape Hairpin to be Changed
51A Smarter Crescendo Smart Shape


Hyperscribe

616An Option to have Hyperscribe Transposition Depend on Concert Pitch Setting
610An Option to Transpose MIDI Keyboard Input


Implosion

611Rename Utilities Explode and Implode as Split and Merge


Instruments

661Allow Bank-Select Patches to be Specified in the File Instrument.txt
309Remove Instrument Structure from the Instrument List Window
302Option to have Playback Controls and Instrument List Not Always on Top
301Keyboard Shortcut to Open and Close Instrument List Window
291Limiting Transposed Music to the Range of an Instrument
289Use Instruments Defined in Instrument.txt in Check Range Dialog Box
288Add Instrument Ranges to the File Instrument.txt
262An Option for One MIDI Channel Per Instrument in Document Setup Wizard


Intervals

689Allow a Given Tie to be Shifted or Not Shifted for a Second Interval
450Undo Changes Made to Avoid Collision of Seconds if Note Spelling is Changed
445Automatically Avoid Collisions of Accidentals Across Layers for All Intervals
384Allow Accidentals to be Placed Close to Noteheads in Chords with Seconds
383Allow the Space Between Accidentals of Chords to Depend on Interval Size
333Allow Accidentals to Overlap Preceding Notes and Dots on Large Intervals
170Shifting Ties for Seconds Only For Very Short Spans
26Respelling Notes that Favors Simplest Intervals
3Transposition Dialog Box: Simple Chromatic Intervals


Key Signatures

709Settings for the Space after Cautionary Clefs, Key and Time Signatures
597An Option to Override Global Key Signature Cancellation Option in a Measure
421Display Key Signature Dialog Box when a Region is Drag-Enclosed
419Use Selected Region in Time and Key Signature Dialog Boxes
418Make Transpose Keys Proportionally the Default on Key Signature Dialog Box
217Chromatically Transposing Music in Nonstandard Keys
193Make Default for Key Signature Dialog Box Be Hold Notes to Original Pitches
146Spacing Clefs, Signatures and Music


Layers

671An Option to Show Layer Colors on Layer Buttons
613A Utility to Copy Layers
612Allow the Move Layers Utility to Move Layers Across Staves
601An Option to Show Layer Colors Only
446Options to Control Double-Stemming of Unisons Across Layers
445Automatically Avoid Collisions of Accidentals Across Layers for All Intervals
435An Option to Implode Music when Moving Layers
266Utility to Unify Homorhythmic Passages Across Layers
241Extracting Layers of a Staff
240Named Layers
239Allow Scrub Playback to Play All Visible Layers
236Rename Menu Item Select Layers as Select Active Layer
235Layer Sets
112Apply Layer Option Setting Only If Notes Are Visible in Other Layers
70MIDI Continuous Data Associated with Layers


Ledger Lines

646Add Settings for the Length of Ledger Lines for Resized Notes
645Add Settings for the Thickness of Ledger Lines for Resized Notes
298Space Between Accidentals and Notes with Ledger Lines


Libraries

267Allow Grid and Guides to be Saved Into a Library
227Allow Default Font Settings to be Saved Into a Library
192Allow Smart Shape Settings to be Saved Into a Library
100Specifying the Type of Library to Open
99Opening and Saving Libraries from Selection Dialog Boxes


Lines

723An Option to have Mitered, Rounded or Beveled Line Joins
638Add a Vertical Option to the Smart Line Style Dialog Box
249Custom Line Arrays


Lyrics

658Automatically Change Font of Lyrics when Default Lyric Font is Changed
617Add an Elision Character to Some Font that is Distributed with Finale
480Allow Edit Text and Edit Lyrics Dialog Boxes to be Resized and Maximized
334Option to Append Syllables to Source Lyric when Copying Lyrics
294A Search and Replace Utility for Special Characters in Lyrics
272Assigning a Lyric to a Staff
209Add a Hyphenation Dictionary
189Keyboard Shortcut for Hard Space


Margins

324Selecting Multiple System and Page Margin Handles with the Page Layout Tool


Measures

721A Utility to Split and Replace a Measure with a Sequence of Measures
720A Utility to Merge and Replace a Sequence of Measures with a Single Measure
707Allow Measures to be Inserted into Selected Staves
704Allow the Layout of a Selected Region to be Updated
694Add an Item Called Edit Region to the Context Menu for Measure Numbers
640Add a Context Menu for Measures Selected with the Mass Mover Tool
597An Option to Override Global Key Signature Cancellation Option in a Measure
579Add a Measure Attribute Option to Display Full Staff Names
389Do Not Deselect a Region when Temporarily Switching to the Hand Grabber
328Merge Custom Frame and Enclosure Designer into a Single Dialog Box
327A Utility to Delete Measures and Preserve Original Measure Numbers
252Increase Maximum EDUs Per Measure
187Change Measure Width by Dragging a Note or Rest
171Measure Numbers Positioned Relative to Clefs
92Jump To a Measure in Page View
89Measure Attribute for Page Break
49Improve Speed of Copying Partial Measures Across Windows
5Time Signature Options when Inserting Measures
4Replicate Bar in All Other Staves


MIDI Data

716Allow Continuous MIDI Data to be Copied from One Document to Another
700MIDI Channel Options for Notes, Expressions and Continuous Data Messages
661Allow Bank-Select Patches to be Specified in the File Instrument.txt
653Do Not Change the MIDI Split Screen Active Staff when Changing Measures
635Allow MIDI Messages of Any Length to be Played Back by Expressions
538Allow a Default File to be Specified when Opening a MIDI File
313A Plug-in that is a Full-blown MIDI Sequencer and Digital Audio Recorder
312Silent Notes
308Display Expression and Articulation Playback Effects on MIDI Split Screen
74Automatically Include Tempo Tool Changes in MIDI Files
73Additional MIDI Controller Numbers
70MIDI Continuous Data Associated with Layers
69Changing the MIDI Velocity of a Tied Note
68Musical Dynamic Levels for Velocity in Edit MIDI Note
67Musical Duration Units in Edit MIDI Note
66Editing Continuous MIDI Data Events
65A Modeless Edit MIDI Note Dialog Box
64Seeing Controller Data Events of Value 0
63Display of MIDI Durations that Extend from Previous Measures
62Selecting Notes on MIDI Split Screen That Are Outside the Display
61Changing the Active Staff in the MIDI Split Screen with Double-Click
60Specifying When a Continuous MIDI Data Event Occurs
59Nonlinear Scaling of MIDI Data
58Setting Initial Values of MIDI Parameters for Each Staff
56Vertical Mouse Crosshair for MIDI Split Screen
55Remember Split Line Position on MIDI Split Screen
54Display Numeric MIDI Velocities on MIDI Split Screen
28MIDI Velocities of Tied Notes on MIDI Split Screen
27MIDI Velocities of Notes Created by Copying


Noteheads

442Use Selected Font to Show Noteheads on Change Noteheads Dialog Box
345A Simple Entry Palette for Note Shapes
270Changing the Notehead Font of a Given Note


Notes

450Undo Changes Made to Avoid Collision of Seconds if Note Spelling is Changed
412A Utility to Convert Rests to Notes that have a Rest Notehead
312Silent Notes
141Staff Line Spacing and The Vertical Position of Notes
46A Simple Entry Palette for Dotted Notes


Ossia Measures

712Allow Ossia Passages to Consist of More Than One Measure
600Page-Attached Floating Staff Systems
391Allow Smart Shapes to be Displayed in Ossia Measures
390Allow Ossia Measures to be Edited Directly Using Any Tool


Pages

701An Option to Never Update the Layout Automatically
614A Utility to Delete Pages
598An Option to Find Practical Page Turn Locations Automatically
582An Option to Indicate System and Page Breaks in Scroll View
516A Setting for the Default Resize Percentage of Blank Pages
491Allow Playback to Begin and End at a Page
490A Shortcut to Begin Playback from the Current Page in Page View
433Add Menu Items to Jump to the Previous or Next Page
431Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous or Next Page on Macintosh
376An Option to Prevent an Orphan System on Last Page with Update Layout
139Guide Lines for First Page and Left and Right Pages
132Print Current Page
89Measure Attribute for Page Break
71Page-Attached Expressions


PDK (Plug-in Development Kit)

339Allow Plug-ins to Attach Auxiliary Data to Finale Objects


Pickup Measures

497Allow Measure-Attached Expressions to be Dragged Left of a Pickup Measure


Platforms

603Create a Version of Finale for the Linux Operating System


Playback

642Skip Zero-beat Time Signatures with Spacebar-click Playback
641Add Documentation for Zero-beat Time Signatures
600Page-Attached Floating Staff Systems
590Play Back at Concert Pitch when Dragging Notes with the Speedy Entry Tool
587An Option to have Smart Shape Slurs Affect Playback
491Allow Playback to Begin and End at a Page
490A Shortcut to Begin Playback from the Current Page in Page View
486Allow Playback to Begin and End at a Bookmark
405Simultaneous Playback of Multiple Documents
306Do Not Exit MIDI Split Screen After Stopping Spacebar-Click Playback
302Option to have Playback Controls and Instrument List Not Always on Top
300Keyboard Shortcut to Open and Close Playback Controls Window
239Allow Scrub Playback to Play All Visible Layers
206Add Support for QuickTime Movies
205Add Support for MIDI Machine Control
204Add Support for MIDI Time Code
183Playback Controls As a Tool Bar
143Dead Staves
121Hide Green Scrolling Playback Cursor
113Multiple Playback Effects for Articulations
98Give Playback Controls and Spacebar-Click Similar Features
11Playback from Any Beat Within a Bar
8Don't Play a Hidden Staff


Plug-Ins

609A Finale Genome Project
591Distribute Third-Party Plug-ins with Finale
Cautionary Accidentals
686Improve Processing of Frozen Naturals by Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in
454Using Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in with Chromatically Transposed Staves
279Treating Silent Regions as Barlines with Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in
216Cautionary Accidentals Across Staves
127Cautionary Accidentals for Ties over Systems or Pages
110Real-Time Cautionary Accidentals
Check Range
290An Option to Change All Out-of-Range Notes when Checking Range
289Use Instruments Defined in Instrument.txt in Check Range Dialog Box
33Previous Button for Check Range
Command Line
106Attaching Expressions and Articulations with the Command Line Plug-in
105Unusual Tuplets with the Command Line Plug-in
104Importing Command Files into the Command Line Plug-in
MIDI Sequencer and Digital Audio Recorder
313A Plug-in that is a Full-blown MIDI Sequencer and Digital Audio Recorder
Rhythmic Subdivisions
335Allow Rests to be Subdivided
9Auto-Tie Subdivided Notes
Search/Replace
Single Pitch
427Add a Listen Button to the Single Pitch Dialog Box
TGTools
307A Macintosh Version of the Keyboard Remapper in the TGTools Plug-in


Printing

724Allow Postscript Commands to be Embedded in Text Blocks
714Use Kerning Data in Postscript Fonts when Printing on Windows Platform
680A Setting for the Overlap Factor in Hairpins
679Make the Default Value of OwnPS be Zero on the Windows Platform
677An Option to Include Comments in Postscript Output
676Simplify the Description of Graphical Objects in Postscript Output
393Automatic Creep Compensation for Printing Booklets
132Print Current Page
77Documentation for Booklet Page Numbers for 2-Up, Double-Sided Printing
76Dummy Blank Page Number
75Automatic Booklet Page Numbering


Repeats

634An Option to Always Show Endings and Text Repeats on the Top Staff
586Attach Backward Repeats to the Last Measure of Multimeasure Rests
585Allow Page View Editing of Backward Repeats at End of Multimeasure Rests
584Display Backward Repeat Brackets at the End of Multimeasure Rests
530Allow the Target of a Repeat to be Any Beat Within a Measure
529Allow Mid-Measure Text Repeats to be Created
528Allow Mid-Measure Forward Repeats to be Created
527Allow Mid-Measure Ending Repeats to be Created
526Allow Mid-Measure Backward Repeats to be Created
328Merge Custom Frame and Enclosure Designer into a Single Dialog Box


Resize

516A Setting for the Default Resize Percentage of Blank Pages
515Use Staff and System Resize Percentages of Last System in Appended Systems
286Allow Decimal Resize Percentages
184Resize a Subset of Staves
124Show Resize Percentages of Parent Objects in Resize Dialog Boxes


Rests

702A Setting for the Space between Multimeasure Rests and End-measure Clefs
698An Option to have the Space Before and After Multimeasure Rests be Constant
586Attach Backward Repeats to the Last Measure of Multimeasure Rests
585Allow Page View Editing of Backward Repeats at End of Multimeasure Rests
584Display Backward Repeat Brackets at the End of Multimeasure Rests
444An Option to Select the Display Color of Real Whole Rests
412A Utility to Convert Rests to Notes that have a Rest Notehead
401A Stem Connection Option to have Noteheads Shifted instead of Stems
400Allow Stem Connections to be Defined for Rests
361Allow the Width of Multimeasure Rests to Depend on the Number of Measures
349Entering Rests with the Hands-Free MIDI Mode of the Speedy Entry Tool
335Allow Rests to be Subdivided
312Silent Notes
311Displacement of Floating Rests as a Function of Duration and Beam Side
299Allow Smart Shapes to be Attached to Rests
292An Option to Control the Horizontal Position of Rests Relative to Stemlets
225Editing All Multimeasure Rests in a Selected Region
159Filling Beats and Measures With Rests
14Padding with Rests


Retranscription

222Allow Partial Measure Regions to be Retranscribed
221An Option to Not Delete Markings When Retranscribing Music


Scanning

489Measure and Publish the Speed of Scanning-assisted Entry
488Publish Benchmarks to Measure the Speed of Scanning-assisted Entry
487Allow Graphics Files of Music Scores to be Interpreted by Finale


Shape Designer

256Add a Flood Fill Tool to Shape Designer
255Fill Colors for Shape Designer
254Fill Patterns for Shape Designer
160Increase Resolution of Shape Designer from EVPU to EFIX
103Rotate and Flip in Shape Designer


Simple Entry

669Allow End-of-Measure Tuplets with Simple Entry and Check for Extra Notes
599A Shortcut to Change the Staff Position of a Note with the Simple Entry Tool
520Add an Option to Automatically Freeze Accidentals for Simple Entry Tool
519Add an Option to Disable Accidental Checking for Simple Entry Tool
518Add an Option to Disable Beam Checking for Simple Entry Tool
392A Simple Entry Palette for Creating Schenker Graphs
345A Simple Entry Palette for Note Shapes
46A Simple Entry Palette for Dotted Notes


Slurs

631An Option to Make a Given Smart Shape Slur be Dashed and Tapered
587An Option to have Smart Shape Slurs Affect Playback
553Automatically Reshape Slur Segments at System Breaks
478An Option to Reshape Slurs when Updating Layout
477An Option to Reshape Slurs when Respacing Music
476An Option to Automatically Reshape a Slur when Adjusting Tip Position
475Automatically Reshape Slurs when Default Slur Settings are Changed
447Allow the Thickness of a Given Smart Shape Slur to be Changed
429Add a Slur Placement Setting for Down Stem to Up Stem and Vice Versa
340Options for Positioning Slurs that are Attached to Notes with Articulations
231Smart Shape Slurs With a Point of Inflection
163Inner and Outer Slur and Tie Boundaries
155Prevent Lopsided Slurs
154Flatness of Long Slurs
153Slur and Tab Slide Tips Ending on Staff Lines
152Positioning the Right Tip of a Long Smart Shape Slur
150Thickness of Long Slurs
101Custom Slurs for Slurs That Are Combined with Articulations


Smart Shapes

719Separate Settings for the Thickness of Horizontal and Vertical Bracket Lines
638Add a Vertical Option to the Smart Line Style Dialog Box
629Add Settings for the Start and End Position of Smart Shapes at System Breaks
554Allow Smart Shapes to be Created in Page View across Page Breaks
481Specifying the Parent Staff of a Smart Shape by Using the Arrow Keys
472Add Options for Default Angle of Smart Shapes over a System Break
424Snapping Smart Shapes to Grid and Guide Lines
422Crosshairs for Smart Shapes
391Allow Smart Shapes to be Displayed in Ossia Measures
358Allow Smart Shapes to be Moved and Edited with Arrow Keys
337Add Control Points for Slope to All Smart Shapes
336Add a Control Point for Height to All Smart Shapes
310Playback Effects for Smart Shapes
299Allow Smart Shapes to be Attached to Rests
285Allow All Types of Smart Shapes to be Attached to Notes
257Alternative Origins for Smart Shape Placements
192Allow Smart Shape Settings to be Saved Into a Library
123Setting The Color of a Given Articulation, Expression or Type of Smart Shape
23Drag-Select Smart Shape Handles


Source Code

371Make Finale Source Code Available


Spacing

709Settings for the Space after Cautionary Clefs, Key and Time Signatures
703A Setting for the Minimum Distance between Hairpins and Barlines
702A Setting for the Space between Multimeasure Rests and End-measure Clefs
699Allow Partial Measure Regions to be Respaced
698An Option to have the Space Before and After Multimeasure Rests be Constant
697Options to Control the Respacing of Staves when Optimizing Systems
655Options to Specify the Space Before and After a Given End-measure Clef
654Options to Specify the Space Before and After a Given Mid-measure Clef
648A Setting for the Default Space After a Mid-measure Clef
647A Setting for the Default Minimum Space Before a Clef Change
563An Option to Avoid Collisions with a Given Measure-Attached Expression
477An Option to Reshape Slurs when Respacing Music
450Undo Changes Made to Avoid Collision of Seconds if Note Spelling is Changed
445Automatically Avoid Collisions of Accidentals Across Layers for All Intervals
428Offsets for Space After Music as a Function of Trailing Item
426Offsets for Space Before Music as a Function of Leading Item
387Allow an Allotment Value to be Assigned to a Given Note for Spacing
384Allow Accidentals to be Placed Close to Noteheads in Chords with Seconds
383Allow the Space Between Accidentals of Chords to Depend on Interval Size
363An Option to Show Music Spacing Options when Spacing Music
333Allow Accidentals to Overlap Preceding Notes and Dots on Large Intervals
298Space Between Accidentals and Notes with Ledger Lines
258A Special Mouse Click to Add a Beat Chart Element for a Note
195Arrow Keys for Beat Handles in Beat Charts
186Respace a Range of Staves with Top and Bottom Staff Fixed
185Resize and Respace a Range of Staves in One Step
146Spacing Clefs, Signatures and Music
145Indenting Music in First Bar of System
143Dead Staves
117Respace a Range of Staves
94Respacing Staves when Some Staves are Hidden
86An Automatic Staff and System Spacing Utility


Speedy Entry

664Settings for the Size of the Hotspot to Open the Speedy Entry Editing Frame
663Clicking Notes Outside of the Staff to Open the Speedy Entry Editing Frame
662Position Speedy Entry Insertion Bar at the Note or Rest that was Clicked
610An Option to Transpose MIDI Keyboard Input
590Playback at Concert Pitch when Dragging Notes with the Speedy Entry Tool
521Step-Time Speedy Entry of Notes of the Same Duration
512A Speedy Entry Option to Specify Pitches by Name Using Letter Keys
413Add a Menu Item for the Hands-Free MIDI Mode of the Speedy Entry Tool
406Entering Mixed and Dotted Durations with Hands-Free MIDI Speedy Entry
399A Speedy Entry Mode for Changing the Pitches of a Phrase Quickly
398Preserve All Smart Shapes when Pitch is Changed in Speedy Entry Using MIDI
382Allow Triplets to be Entered in Speedy Entry without Pressing Ctrl or Opt
381Allow Any Tuplet Type to be Assigned to a Speedy Entry Tuplet Key
365Enable Octave Shifting Keys for Speedy Entry with a MIDI Keyboard
349Entering Rests with the Hands-Free MIDI Mode of the Speedy Entry Tool
344Option to Set the Default Vertical Position of the Speedy Entry Editing Frame
343Option to Set the Height of the Speedy Entry Editing Frame
329Do Not Exit Speedy Entry Editing Frame After Saving on a Macintosh
16View Scale for Speedy Entry Editing Frame


Staff Sets

562Add Buttons to Select the Previous or Next Staff Set
561Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous and Next Staff Set
539An Option to Associate a View Percentage with a Staff Set
125Indicator For Current Staff Set
35Automatically Created Staff Sets for Single Staves and Staff Groups
30More Than 8 Staff Sets
29Named Staff Sets


Staves

713An Option to Override any Default Font for a Given Staff
706Add the Staff Usage Menu Item to the Context Menu for Staff Handles
705Display Staff Handles at the Left Edge of the Document Window
697Options to Control the Respacing of Staves when Optimizing Systems
600Page-Attached Floating Staff Systems
579Add a Measure Attribute Option to Display Full Staff Names
562Add Buttons to Select the Previous or Next Staff Set
561Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous and Next Staff Set
539An Option to Associate a View Percentage with a Staff Set
534Allow New Staves to be Added in Page View with Double-Click
515Use Staff and System Resize Percentages of Last System in Appended Systems
394An Option to Display Resized Staves as such in Scroll View
380An Option to Override Any Document-Global Setting on a Given Staff
280Evenly Spaced Arrays of Horizontal Guide Lines Above and Below Staves
260Fixed-Size Staves
244Add a Duplicate Button to Staff Styles Dialog Box
238Independent Barlines for Staves
228Adjusting the Position of a Bottom Staff Without Moving Subsequent Systems
194Transpose Chord Symbols on Chromatically Transposed Staves
186Respace a Range of Staves with Top and Bottom Staff Fixed
185Resize and Respace a Range of Staves in One Step
184Resize a Subset of Staves
143Dead Staves
141Staff Line Spacing and The Vertical Position of Notes
125Indicator For Current Staff Set
117Respace a Range of Staves
94Respacing Staves when Some Staves are Hidden
86An Automatic Staff and System Spacing Utility
58Setting Initial Values of MIDI Parameters for Each Staff
35Automatically Created Staff Sets for Single Staves and Staff Groups
30More Than 8 Staff Sets
29Named Staff Sets
21Independent Staff Positions for Scroll View and Page View
8Don't Play a Hidden Staff


Stems

446Options to Control Double-Stemming of Unisons Across Layers
439An Option to Horizontally Center an Articulation on the Stem Automatically
401A Stem Connection Option to have Noteheads Shifted instead of Stems
400Allow Stem Connections to be Defined for Rests
326Default Stem Lengths for Beam Groups with No Rests (Flat-Beam Case)
321Shortened Stem Lengths as a Function of Note-Position on Staff
315Option to Vertically Align Stemlet Tips
292An Option to Control the Horizontal Position of Rests Relative to Stemlets
178Default Stem Lengths for Beam Groups with Rests (Flat-Beam Case)
176Change Finale's Name for Stemlets from Half-Stems to Stemlets
175Adjusting the Length of a Stemlet


Systems

697Options to Control the Respacing of Staves when Optimizing Systems
606Lock One System Only when Fitting Selected Measures into One System
600Page-Attached Floating Staff Systems
582An Option to Indicate System and Page Breaks in Scroll View
531Add a Menu Item to Fit the Current System in the Document Window
515Use Staff and System Resize Percentages of Last System in Appended Systems
459Add an Option for an Expression to Begin a New Staff System
432Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous or Next System
375An Option to Prevent an Orphan Measure in Last System with Update Layout
374An Option to Limit the Number of Measure per System with Update Layout
228Adjusting the Position of a Bottom Staff Without Moving Subsequent Systems
86An Automatic Staff and System Spacing Utility
21Independent Staff Positions for Scroll View and Page View


Tab Slides

604An Option to have Glissandos and Tab Slides Affect Playback
158Tab Slide Placements
153Slur and Tab Slide Tips Ending on Staff Lines


Tablature

722Completely Redesign the Tablature Feature


Templates

618Change Transposition of Guitar Staves in Templates to Up Octave
508Add Menu Items to Open Default Document and Templates
507Use Untitled for Name of New Documents Created from Default or Template
458Provide Template Files that Imitate the House Styles of Various Publishers


Tempo

605Use Tempo Tool Changes when Calculating Elapsed Time
600Page-Attached Floating Staff Systems
166Specifying Beat Duration in the Tempo Adjustment Dialog Box
165Next and Previous Buttons on the Tempo Adjustment Dialog Box
164Going to Another Measure from Within the Tempo Adjustment Dialog Box
97Decimal Tempi
74Automatically Include Tempo Tool Changes in MIDI Files


Text

724Allow Postscript Commands to be Embedded in Text Blocks
623An Option to Make a Given Text Block Opaque
622A Base File Name Insert for Text Blocks
533An Option for Individual Positioning of a Text Block Attached to Multiple Pages
504Remove Deleted Text Blocks when Removing Deleted Items
494Allow Text Block Edits to be Saved While Editing a Text Block On-Screen
480Allow Edit Text and Edit Lyrics Dialog Boxes to be Resized and Maximized
460An Explorer for Text Blocks
455Do Not Deselect an Edited Text Block when Switching to the Hand Grabber
452Allow Tab Stops to be Set for a Paragraph within a Text Block
449A Utility to Check Spelling in All Text
416A Catalog Number Insert for Text Blocks
415A Related Work Insert for Text Blocks
357Increase Maximum Length of Composer Text Insert
328Merge Custom Frame and Enclosure Designer into a Single Dialog Box
319Copying and Pasting Selected Text Blocks
296Allow Measure-Assigned Text Blocks to be Created and Edited in Page View
243Rotated Text Blocks
230Allow More Than One Line of Text in Copyright Insert
229Increase Maximum Length of Copyright Text Insert
211Hyperlinks in a Text Block
209Add a Hyphenation Dictionary
203Subtitle, Arranger and Lyricist Inserts for Text Blocks
190Styles for Text Blocks
189Keyboard Shortcut for Hard Space
188Staff/Group Name Insert for Text Blocks
133Text Notes Associated with a Document
79Mixed Justification in Text Blocks
78Numerical Edit Controls for Text Block Frame Size
72Expression Inserts for Text Blocks


Ties

711Allow a Given Tie to be Attached to Nonadjacent Notes
689Allow a Given Tie to be Shifted or Not Shifted for a Second Interval
682Settings for the Default Direction of Tie Segments at System Breaks
675Do Not Doubly Nudge a Tie when Both Tie Tip Handles are Selected
666Do Not Disconnect Ties across System Breaks on Special Tool Edits
630An Option to Make a Given Tie be Dashed
331A WYSIWYG Editing Control for the Tie Contour Dialog Box
170Shifting Ties for Seconds Only For Very Short Spans
169Ties for Short and Ultra-Short Spans
168Separate Tie Placements for Line Notes and Space Notes
167Outer Ties at System Start with Accidental
163Inner and Outer Slur and Tie Boundaries
162Indenting Ties Beyond Slurs at the Start of a System
161Tie Placement for Whole Notes
151Thickness of Ties
13Don't Break Ties on Respell Notes
9Auto-Tie Subdivided Notes


Time Signatures

709Settings for the Space after Cautionary Clefs, Key and Time Signatures
642Skip Zero-beat Time Signatures with Spacebar-click Playback
641Add Documentation for Zero-beat Time Signatures
593Add a Simple/Compound Button to the Time Signature Dialog Box
592Add Buttons for Time Signatures that are Frequently Used
420Display Time Signature Dialog Box when a Region is Drag-Enclosed
419Use Selected Region in Time and Key Signature Dialog Boxes
182Fractional Time Signatures
179Time Signatures with Notes for Beat Durations
174Time Signatures That are Shapes or Font Characters
146Spacing Clefs, Signatures and Music
140Add Check Box for Rebeam to Time Signature Dialog Box
135Left Justify Single-Digit Time Signature Numbers
5Time Signature Options when Inserting Measures


Transposition

618Change Transposition of Guitar Staves in Templates to Up Octave
616An Option to have Hyperscribe Transposition Depend on Concert Pitch Setting
615Move Menu Item Display in Concert Pitch to the View Menu
610An Option to Transpose MIDI Keyboard Input
291Limiting Transposed Music to the Range of an Instrument
217Chromatically Transposing Music in Nonstandard Keys
3Transposition Dialog Box: Simple Chromatic Intervals


Tremolos

283Articulation Playback Effects for Tremolos and Trills
25Bowed Tremolo Utility


Trills

283Articulation Playback Effects for Tremolos and Trills


Tuplets

719Separate Settings for the Thickness of Horizontal and Vertical Bracket Lines
718An Option to Position Unbeamed Tuplet Markings Relative to Extreme Note
715Preserve the Duration of Tuplet Notes when Copying Music
685Allow White Tuplet Handles to be Drag-Enclosed
669Allow End-of-Measure Tuplets with Simple Entry and Check for Extra Notes
596An Option to Break Secondary Beams within a Tuplet at Sub-beat Groups
595An Option to Control the Direction of Broken Beams in Tuplets
594A Beaming Option to Break All Secondary Beams Before and After a Tuplet
560Add a Metatool List Box to the Change Tuplets Dialog Box
559Add a Tuplet Selection Dialog Box
556A Tuplet Option to Display a Number or Ratio as a Function of the Ratio
555Default Position of Tuplet Numbers on Beams as a Function of Stem Direction
551An Option to Select the Display Color of Tuplet Markings
550An Option to Automatically Center Tuplet Numbers Horizontally on Bracket
549A Keyboard Shortcut to Flip a Tuplet Marking
547Add a Use Defaults Button to the Change Tuplets Dialog Box
546An Option to Hide Black Tuplet Handles
545Do Not Obscure Tuplet Hook Tips with Black Handles
544Do Not Deselect a Tuplet Handle after Dragging
543An Option to Place Tuplet Markings on the Stem Side of Notes
542Automatically Show Bracket if a Tuplet is a Proper Subset of a Beam Group
541Flat Brackets for Unbeamed Tuplets that Begin at a Beamed Note
470An Option to Position a Tuplet Relative to the Staff
425Snapping Tuplets to Grid and Guide Lines
382Allow Triplets to be Entered in Speedy Entry without Pressing Ctrl or Opt
381Allow Any Tuplet Type to be Assigned to a Speedy Entry Tuplet Key
304Show All Tuplet Handles
303Add Menu Item Edit Default Tuplet Visual Definition to Tuplet Menu
295Default Tuplet Extensions for Various Configurations
282Tuplets Across Barlines
265Minimum Length of Tuplet Extensions
251Displacing Tuplet Numbers from Center of Gap
250Tuplet Bracket Gap Size
181Tuplet Numbers That are Shapes or Font Characters
180Incomplete Tuplets
83Add a Colon to Engraver Fonts
1Modern Formats for Tuplet Numbers


Upgrades

673Allow Upgrades to be Downloaded
670An Option to Derive INI Settings from an Old Version when Installing Upgrades
660An Option for Automatic Notification of Finale Upgrades and Updates


User Interface

Aborting Processes
 Measurement Units
 Resolution
Changing View
 Menu Items
 Rulers
Copying Objects
 Metatools
 Scroll View
Dialog Boxes
 Navigation
 Selecting Objects
Display
 Options
 Toolbars
Editing Objects
 Page View
 Tool Buttons
Help
 Palettes
Macros
 Performance

Aborting Processes
501A Keyboard Shortcut to Cancel a Zoom Operation
354Allow Long Processes to be Aborted Immediately
Changing View
692An Option to Open New Documents in Page View at the First Page of Music
684Go to a Measure that was in View when Switching from Page to Scroll View
539An Option to Associate a View Percentage with a Staff Set
531Add a Menu Item to Fit the Current System in the Document Window
503Document All Drag-Enclose Shortcuts for Zoom Tool
502Allow Drag-Enclose Zooming in Scroll View
501A Keyboard Shortcut to Cancel a Zoom Operation
423Add Buttons to Select Page View or Scroll View
237Double Click Zoom Tool Button for Default View Percent
130Remember Previous Entry in Scale View Dialog Box
129User-Definable View Percentages
120Positioning When View Percentage is Changed
85Changing the Position of the Zoom Rectangle Before Zooming
84A Menu Item for Scale View to 1000%
19Scale View to Default
Copying Objects
715Preserve the Duration of Tuplet Notes when Copying Music
693An Option to Control Automatic Rebeaming when Copying Music
479Add Alternative Shortcuts for Cut, Copy and Paste on Windows Platform
348Copying Entities Directly from One Document to Other Documents
332Copying Entry Items of Partial Measure Regions without Copying Entries
287An Option to have Duplicates Placed Under Original in Selection Dialog Boxes
Dialog Boxes
659Indicators to Distinguish Settings that Affect All, Some or No Existing Objects
496Make All Tool-Related Option Dialog Boxes Accessible from Tool Buttons
245Save Dialog Box States at Exit
43Link to On-Line Documentation from Dialog Box
Display
696An Option to Hide Title Bars on Document Windows
674Indicate the Distance from a Selected Object to Neighboring Objects
644Viewing Finale Documents on a Wearable Computer for Performance Purposes
636An Option to have Colored and Textured Backgrounds
624An Option to Specify the Time at which an Opaque Object is Drawn
615Move Menu Item Display in Concert Pitch to the View Menu
602An Option to Show Colors for Selected Object Types Only
601An Option to Show Layer Colors Only
588An Option to Wrap Measures in Scroll View
583Indicate the Visible Staves and Measures in Close-up Views
582An Option to Indicate System and Page Breaks in Scroll View
568An Option to Set the Display Color of Objects that are Not Printed
567Allow the Status Bar to be Configured by the User to Display and Edit Data
540An Option to have Handle Size Depend on Display Resolution
535A Setting for the Default Horizontal Position of the Left Barline in Scroll View
468An Option to Not Deselect Objects on Redraw Screen
441An Option to Display Selection Lists with Columns of Item Settings
397Display Descriptive Information about the Selected Region in the Status Bar
352An Option to Display Hidden Objects Using Specified Colors
297Full-Screen View Mode
246Support Additional Systems of Pitch Representation
123Setting The Color of a Given Articulation, Expression or Type of Smart Shape
93Coordinates Displayed on Status Bar
18Add an Option to Show Link Lines from Objects to Attached Objects
Editing Objects
717An Option to Make the Nudge Amount be Independent of View Percentage
581A Utility to Clear All Changes Made with a Given Special Tool in a Region
576Display the Select Region Dialog Box if No Region is Selected
566A Shortcut to Perform a Predefined Operation on a Selected Object
493Allow Undo of Changes Made to a File in a Previous Editing Session
479Add Alternative Shortcuts for Cut, Copy and Paste on Windows Platform
436Allow a Set of Selected Items on a Selection Dialog Box to be Edited at Once
395Add a Command Interpreter for Conditional Editing
234Rename Pixel on Movable Items Dialog Box as EVPU
233Have Nudge Amount Apply to All Handles
232Nudge Amplification Factor
134Moving Objects Up or Down by One Staff Space
131Moving Objects by a Numerical Amount
128Simplify Entry and Display of 64ths of an EVPU
81Align Group of Objects to an Object in the Group
53Automatically Select a Radio Button When an Associated Field is Edited
41If No Region is Selected, Use Entire Document
Help
688Add a Section to the What's New Chapter to List All Interface Changes
417Include Chapter Titles in On-line Documentation PDF File Titles
360Add Documentation that Compares the Various Input Methods
359Add Marginal Links to Keyboard Shortcuts in On-Line Documentation Files
278Quick Help for Dialog Box Controls
277Add Links to Major Subsections of On-line Documentation Index
87A Search Tool for Options
77Documentation for Booklet Page Numbers for 2-Up, Double-Sided Printing
43Link to On-Line Documentation from Dialog Box
42Link to On-Line Documentation for Tool from Tool Button
Macros
637Distribute QuicKeys Macros with Finale
566A Shortcut to Perform a Predefined Operation on a Selected Object
565Shortcuts to Jump to and Select the Previous or Next Object of a Given Type
395Add a Command Interpreter for Conditional Editing
307A Macintosh Version of the Keyboard Remapper in the TGTools Plug-in
Measurement Units
264Custom Measurement Units
248Click Ruler to Change Measurement Units
247Add Measurement Units Submenu to Ruler Context Menu
Menu Items
640Add a Context Menu for Measures Selected with the Mass Mover Tool
498Rename Document Settings and Document Options to be Less Similar
479Add Alternative Shortcuts for Cut, Copy and Paste on Windows Platform
433Add Menu Items to Jump to the Previous or Next Page
430Invoking Commands from a MIDI Keyboard
403An Option to Hide Icons in the Tools Menu
314Save Move Measure and Entry Item Settings on MassMover Menu
307A Macintosh Version of the Keyboard Remapper in the TGTools Plug-in
305Globalize Functions that Operate on Selected Regions
281Replace Complementary Pairs of Plug-in Menu Items with One Menu Item
220Keyboard Shortcut for Select Partial Measures
191Make Entire Menu For a Tool Accessible From the Tool Button
Metatools
691Allow Multi-key Metatools to be Programmed
570Add a Menu Item Called Program Metatool to the Edit Menu
210Programming Metatools with Non-Alphanumeric Keys
Navigation
565Shortcuts to Jump to and Select the Previous or Next Object of a Given Type
537A Shortcut to Jump to the End of the Current Measure in Scroll View
536A Shortcut to Jump to the Default Horizontal Position in Scroll View
474Arrow Keys for Navigating in Page View
455Do Not Deselect an Edited Text Block when Switching to the Hand Grabber
433Add Menu Items to Jump to the Previous or Next Page
432Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous or Next System
431Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Previous or Next Page on Macintosh
396Keyboard Shortcuts to Jump to the Beginning or End of a Selected Region
389Do Not Deselect a Region when Temporarily Switching to the Hand Grabber
316Jumping to a Measure in Speedy Entry with the Numeric Keypad
208Jump To a Measure Without Using the Mouse
115Hand Grabber Sensitivity
114Smooth Scrolling
92Jump To a Measure in Page View
32Go To Next Object of a Given Type
6Arrow Keys for Navigating in Scroll View
Options
701An Option to Never Update the Layout Automatically
659Indicators to Distinguish Settings that Affect All, Some or No Existing Objects
498Rename Document Settings and Document Options to be Less Similar
496Make All Tool-Related Option Dialog Boxes Accessible from Tool Buttons
495Move Menu Items for Tool-Related Option Dialog Boxes to Menu for Tool
363An Option to Show Music Spacing Options when Spacing Music
362An Option to Show Update Layout Options when Update Layout is Selected
48All Document Settings in One Tabbed Dialog Box
87A Search Tool for Options
Page View
692An Option to Open New Documents in Page View at the First Page of Music
585Allow Page View Editing of Backward Repeats at End of Multimeasure Rests
554Allow Smart Shapes to be Created in Page View across Page Breaks
534Allow New Staves to be Added in Page View with Double-Click
490A Shortcut to Begin Playback from the Current Page in Page View
474Arrow Keys for Navigating in Page View
423Add Buttons to Select Page View or Scroll View
296Allow Measure-Assigned Text Blocks to be Created and Edited in Page View
92Jump To a Measure in Page View
21Independent Staff Positions for Scroll View and Page View
Palettes
668Allow Custom Tool Palettes to be Defined
Performance
443Improve Speed of Displaying Menus on the Windows Platform
49Improve Speed of Copying Partial Measures Across Windows
Resolution
263User-Definable Resolution
156Increase Resolution of All Positional Information in Finale From EVPU to EFIX
148Increase Positional Resolution of Objects That are Placed Close to Noteheads
Rulers
367Add More Tick Marks to the Ruler at Large View Percentages
366Label More Tick Marks on the Ruler at Large View Percentages
248Click Ruler to Change Measurement Units
247Add Measurement Units Submenu to Ruler Context Menu
Scroll View
684Go to a Measure that was in View when Switching from Page to Scroll View
588An Option to Wrap Measures in Scroll View
582An Option to Indicate System and Page Breaks in Scroll View
537A Shortcut to Jump to the End of the Current Measure in Scroll View
536A Shortcut to Jump to the Default Horizontal Position in Scroll View
535A Setting for the Default Horizontal Position of the Left Barline in Scroll View
502Allow Drag-Enclose Zooming in Scroll View
423Add Buttons to Select Page View or Scroll View
394An Option to Display Resized Staves as such in Scroll View
102Grid and Guide Lines for Scroll View
21Independent Staff Positions for Scroll View and Page View
6Arrow Keys for Navigating in Scroll View
Selecting Objects
683Select a Beat Iff the Start of the Beat is Enclosed when Selecting Partial Measures
577Automatically Scroll when Drag-Selecting Objects that are Out of View
576Display the Select Region Dialog Box if No Region is Selected
575Allow Regions to be Named and Selected by Name
574Allow a Set of Regions to be Selected
565Shortcuts to Jump to and Select the Previous or Next Object of a Given Type
558Add Previous Frame and Next Frame Buttons to the Edit Frame Dialog Box
499Show Data on Edit Frame Dialog Box for the Entry and Note that was Clicked
471Enable Select All for the Note Mover Tool
469Allow Handles for All Special Tools to be Drag-Enclosed
438An Option to Show All Handles for the Current Special Tool
410Deselecting Selected Handles with Shift-Drag-Enclose
353An Option to Show Handles for More Than One Object Type at Once
259Enable Select All for Special Tools
37Auto-Select Object Handles After Created or Edited
24Selecting an Object with a Click
2Auto-Select Single Expressions or Other Objects
Toolbars
687Add a Caliper Toolbar to Measure the Distance between Objects or Points
Tool Buttons
650Remove the Staff from the Time Signature Tool Icon
649Remove the Treble Clef from the Staff Tool Icon
639Add a Menu Item Called Keyboard Equivalents for Tools to the Options Menu
513Restore Selected Special Tool from Previous Session
496Make All Tool-Related Option Dialog Boxes Accessible from Tool Buttons
191Make Entire Menu For a Tool Accessible From the Tool Button
42Link to On-Line Documentation for Tool from Tool Button


Web Publishing

679Make the Default Value of OwnPS be Zero on the Windows Platform
676Simplify the Description of Graphical Objects in Postscript Output
271Exporting to a GIF File with the Graphics Tool
211Hyperlinks in a Text Block
34Web Publishing and Finale