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General
Command
Apply a Metatool
Program a Metatool
PAGE UP
PAGE DOWN
COMMAND+PAGE UP
COMMAND+PAGE DOWN
OPTION+PAGE UP
OPTION+PAGE DOWN
HOME
END
COMMAND+HOME
COMMAND+END
SHIFT+END
OPTION+HOME
OPTION+END
COMMAND+PAGE DOWN
COMMAND+PAGE UP
HOME
END
Change layers
COMMAND+OPTION+layer number
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+U
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+L
Playback
Command
Begin/stop playing
Begin playing (Playback Controls closed) from the measure clicked SPACEBAR-click in staff
Begin playing from the clicked measure in the clicked staff only
SHIFT+SPACEBAR-click in staff
File menu
Command
Launch Window
COMMAND+O
Close
COMMAND+W
Close All
OPTION+COMMAND+W
Save
COMMAND+S
Save As
COMMAND+SHIFT+S
Save All
OPTION+COMMAND+S
Command
COMMAND+P
Quit
COMMAND+Q
Edit menu
Command
Undo
COMMAND+Z
Redo
COMMAND+SHIFT+Z
Undo/Redo List
COMMAND+Y
Cut
COMMAND+X
Press COMMAND+OPTION+X
COMMAND+C
Insert
COMMAND+I
Press COMMAND+OPTION+C
COMMAND+SHIFT+I
SHIFT+OPTION+COMMAND+I
Paste
COMMAND+V
CONTROL+COMMAND+V
Press COMMAND+OPTION+V
COMMAND+SHIFT+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you can choose which items you would
like to paste.
Use Filter
COMMAND+OPTION+F
Edit Filter
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+F
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you can choose which items
you would like to paste.
Select All
COMMAND+A
COMMAND+SHIFT+U
COMMAND+F
COMMAND+SHIFT+F
Utilities menu
Command
Update Layout
COMMAND+U
Transpose
COMMAND+6 through 9
COMMAND+L (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press L to lock Systems).
Unlock Systems
COMMAND+SHIFT+U (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press U to unlock Systems).
Fit Measures
COMMAND+SHIFT+M
Implode Music
Explode Music
View menu
Command
Page View
Scroll View
COMMAND+E
Studio View
COMMAND+SHIFT+E
Redraw Screen
COMMAND+D
Zoom In
Zoom Out
Custom Zoom 2
COMMAND+2
Custom Zoom 1
COMMAND+1
Custom Zoom 3
COMMAND+3
View At X %
COMMAND+0
Fit Width
COMMAND+OPTION+]
Fit in Window
COMMAND+OPTION+[
Command
Add Bookmark
Program (define) a Staff Set OPTION+1 through OPTION+8 (in Scroll View or Studio View)
Show All Staves
CONTROL+zero
Show/Hide Rulers
COMMAND+R
Change layers
Document menu
Command
Window menu
Command
COMMAND+K
COMMAND+T
COMMAND+OPTION+M
Selection tool
Command
ESC or COMMAND+SHIFT+A
Select an item
Click on the item then press plus or minus to cycle through overlapping items. Or, just clicking the
mouse again cycles through the overlapping items.
Click to select a full measure. Drag-enclose to select a region including partial measures. To
constrain to full measures, hold down SHIFT while drag-enclosing.
While holding down SHIFT, press right arrow or left arrow to extend selection to the
next or previous note.
Press SHIFT+OPTION and press the right arrow or left arrow to extend the
selection by full measures. (Choose to adjust the beginning of the selected region by
first pressing SHIFT left arrow. Choose to adjust the end of the selected region by
first pressing SHIFT right arrow.) If there are no notes in the measure, Finale selects
the entire measure.
Hold down SHIFT and press the END key to select all measures to the end of the
score.
Hold down SHIFT and press the HOME key to select all measures to the beginning
of the score.
Click to the left of a staff; SHIFT-click to the left of a staff to extend the selection
Drag the region so it is superimposed on the beginning of another region, which elements to be
copied are selected in the Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter dialog box). The target
region can include a portion of the source region.
Or, OPTION-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved to.
Hold down the COMMAND key and drag the region so a red (or green) Insertion Cursor
appears at the beginning of another region. Which elements to be inserted are selected in the
Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter dialog box). The target region can include a portion of
the source region. Inserting pushed subsequent notes in the staff to the right the duration of the
inserted material.
Drag the region so it is superimposed on the beginning of another region, which elements and
whether you are moving or copying are selected in the Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter
dialog box). The target region can include a portion of the source region.
OPTION+SHIFT-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved to.
Command
Highlight the source region and press COMMAND+C to copy. Highlight the target and press
CONTROL+COMMAND+V. ENTER the number of copies in the Paste Multiple dialog box and
click OK.
COMMAND+A
Select a measure
Cancel an operation
Implode Music (displays the Implode Select the measures you want to affect, then press 1 on your computer keyboard.
Music dialog box)
Drag-Implode Music for multiple
staves (displays the Implode Music
dialog box)
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 5 on your computer
keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press COMMAND+5.
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 4 on your computer
keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press COMMAND+4.
Show elapsed time based on current Select the measures you want to affect, then press 3 on your computer keyboard.
tempo (displays the Elapsed Time
dialog box)
Transpose (programmable)
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press any number between
6 and 9 on your computer keyboard. (COMMAND+6 through 9 without the Selection tool
selected.)
Program Transpositions
COMMAND+SHIFT+6 through 9
COMMAND+F
COMMAND+SHIFT+F
Staff tool
Command
Click a staff or a staff handle, drag-enclose staff handles, or select measures of the staff
Double-click a staff or a staff handle, or double-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle,
or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Staff Attributes from the contextual
menu.
Select the staff handle and press SHIFT+DELETE for selected staves, or
right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete Staves from the contextual menu.
Press DELETE for selected staves, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
Staves and Reposition from the contextual menu.
Click the staff's handle once and drag in Page View. When you click once, measures in the
current system are selected.
Adjust the staffs position for all systems. Double-click the staff's handle and drag in Page View. When you double-click a staff handle,
all measures of the staff are selected.
Adjust the staff's position without
affecting other staves
While pressing OPTION, drag a staff handle. All other staves remain in their original
position.
Position a group name using the Position OPTION+SHIFT-click a group handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Full Group Name or Position
Position Full Group Name or Position Abbreviated Group Name from the contextual menu.
Abbreviated Group Name dialog box.
Revert the position of the group names
to their default position.
Command
Press DELETE for selected groups, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
Group from the contextual menu.
Press DELETE for selected brackets, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.
CONTROL-click the staff handle and select Select Clef from the contextual menu.
Click the Staff Style bar and press DELETE. Or, Select the measures, right click and choose
Clear Staff Styles From (and then the desired score/part Option).
Clef tool
Command
Double-click in a measure
Select the region (if you want a mid-measure clef, select a part of a measure) and then
double click the highlighted region.
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Delete from the contextual menu.
OPTION-click the clef's handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Clef
Definition.
Measure tool
Command
Double-click the top barline handle or measure, or right/CONTROL-click a handle (or upper
handle) and select Edit Measure Attributes from the contextual menu.
Click the second barline (or middle if there are three) handle, or right/CONTROL-click the
handle and select Edit Beat Chart from the contextual menu.
Click the third (bottom) barline handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Split Points from the contextual menu.
Change a barline
CONTROL-click the handle and select Barline, then the desired barline type (Normal,
Double, Final, Solid, Dashed, Invisible, Tick) from the contextual menu.
Display the Measure Number dialog box SHIFT+double-click on the Measure tool.
Reset measure number positioning
Press CLEAR, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Restore Defaults from the
contextual menu.
Command
Double-click a measure numbers handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Enclosure from the contextual menu.
CONTROL-click the handle and select Multimeasure Rest > Break from the contextual
menu.
SHIFT+ - (minus)
SHIFT+ =
Accidental: Flat
Accidental: Sharp
Numpad +
Numpad -
Accidental: Natural
COMMAND+SHIFT+ - (hyphen)
SHIFT+A through G
COMMAND+ENTER
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+A or COMMAND+Numpad *
OPTION+C
OPTION+K
OPTION+T
X or OPTION+X
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
OPTION+SHIFT+` or OPTION+0
9 or Numpad 9
A-G
Enter Rest
OPTION+/
\ or OPTION+E
Modify: Delete
Delete or SHIFT+CLEAR
OPTION+G
Modify: Show/Hide
SHIFT+L
T or Numpad /
SHIFT+T or COMMAND+Numpad /
OPTION+UP ARROW
OPTION+DOWN ARROW
CLEAR
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
Command
COMMAND+DOWN ARROW
Navigation: Selection - Up
COMMAND+UP ARROW
LEFT ARROW
RIGHT ARROW
COMMAND+LEFT ARROW
COMMAND+RIGHT ARROW
COMMAND+A
OPTION+ - (Minus)
OPTION+ N
OPTION+ =
Tool: Eraser
OPTION+CLEAR or OPTION+DELETE
COMMAND+G
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT 0
COMMAND+Numpad 1-8
Tool: Repitch
SHIFT+` or SHIFT+R
OPTION+R
Tool: Tuplet
COMMAND+9 or COMMAND+Numpad 9
Tool: Tie
OPTION+Numpad / or COMMAND+SHIFT+T
COMMAND+ENTER
ENTER
= or Numpad +
- or Numpad -
OPTION+DOWN ARROW
OPTION+UP ARROW
SHIFT 1-8
OPTION+SHIFT (Accent)
SHIFT+0
TAB-Enter Rest
TAB-Modify: Delete
DELETE or SHIFT+CLEAR
OPTION+G
TAB-Modify:Show/Hide
OPTION+H
T or Numpad /
SHIFT+T or COMMAND+Numpad /
R or SHIFT+SPACEBAR
CLEAR
TAB-Navigation: String Up
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
TAB-Tool: Eraser
OPTION+CLEAR or OPTION+DELETE
COMMAND+G
TAB-Tool: Repitch
TAB-Tool: Tie
COMMAND+SHIFT+T or OPTION+Numpad /
OPTION+R
TAB-Tool: Tuplet
0 or COMMAND+OPTION+Numpad 0
Command
Accidental: Natural
COMMAND+SHIFT+-(minus)
F2 through F8
Command
COMMAND+SHIFT+F9
SHIFT+F2 through F9
SHIFT+A through G
COMMAND+ENTER
(accent) or OPTION+A
COMMAND+SHIFT+ (accent)
OPTION+C
OPTION+K
OPTION+T
OPTION+X (or X)
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
OPTION+0 through 8
. (period)
OPTION+9
RETURN
A through G
Enter Rest
OPTION+/
Modify: Delete
Delete
OPTION+G
Modify: Show/Hide
SHIFT+L
SHIFT+T
COMMAND+F
COMMAND+SHIFT+F
Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)
SHIFT+DELETE
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
COMMAND+DOWN ARROW
Navigation: Selection - Up
COMMAND+UP ARROW
LEFT ARROW
RIGHT ARROW
COMMAND+A
OPTION+- (minus)
OPTION+N
OPTION+=
SHIFT+.
Tool: Eraser
OPTION+DELETE
COMMAND+G
0 through 8
Tool: Repitch
SHIFT+ (accent)
OPTION+R
Tool: Tie
COMMAND+SHIFT+T
LEFT ARROW
RIGHT ARROW
OPTION+LEFT ARROW
OPTION+RIGHT ARROW
[ or SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Command
] or SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
RETURN
SHIFT+RETURN
'
SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+I
1-8, OPTION+0
1-8, OPTION+0
1-8, OPTION+0
CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)
1-8, OPTION+0
CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, high C-B
Q-W-E-R-T-Y-U
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, middle C-B
A-S-D-F-G-H-J
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, low C-B
Z-X-C-V-B-N-M
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): raise all pitch keys an octave
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): reset all pitch keys octave
Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): lower all pitch keys an octave
1-8, OPTION+0
CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)
OPTION+1
; or G
Edit: change to/from a slashed flagged grace note (Note: this requires that Always Slash
Flagged Grace Notes is deselected in the Document Options - Grace Notes dialog box)
ENTER (FN+RETURN)
ENTER
CLEAR or SHIFT+DELETE
CLEAR or SHIFT+DELETE
DELETE
O or H
Edit: double-sharp
Edit: double-flat
+ or SHIFT+S
or SHIFT+F
Edit: raise by a half step (and subsequent notes of this pitch in measure)
OPTION+SHIFT+ +
Edit: lower by a half step (and subsequent notes of this pitch in measure)
OPTION+SHIFT+
SHIFT+A
OPTION+*
OPTION+L
/ or B
SHIFT+B
\ or SHIFT+M
= or T
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Command
OPTION+= or SHIFT+T
COMMAND+F
COMMAND+SHIFT+F
SHIFT+drag
Edit: combine rest with or split rest from rests on the same beat in other layers
Display the Edit Frame dialog box (when Speedy Entry cursor is not active)
HyperScribe tool
Command
Click a measure
Tuplet tool
Command
Position tuplet
Delete tuplet
Press DELETE for selected tuplet, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the
contextual menu.
Double-click a positioning handle or the first note in a group that you want to define as tuplets, or
right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Tuplet Definition from the contextual menu.
CLEAR
COMMAND+F
OPTION+SHIFT+F
COMMAND+A
TAB
ESC
TAB
Create an inverted bracket with the hook pointing away from the staff instead of toward the
staff. It will also change the text for an 8va or 15ma below the staff or 8vb or 15mb above the
staff
11
Command
Add a slur
Add a trill
Add a crescendo
Add a decrescendo
Add a rit.
CLEAR
Articulation tool
Command
Delete an articulation
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from
the contextual menu. Drag-enclose a group of notes while holding delete to delete articulations on
all the notes.
Double-click an articulation handle, right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Articulation
Definition from the contextual menu, or drag-enclose a group of notes with articulations and
press RETURN
CLEAR
Expression tool
Command
Select an expression handle and press COMMAND+RETURN to add the expression to all
staves.
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Command
Press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual
menu.
Highlight the Expression handle and double-press the Metatool key corresponding to the
expression you want to switch to
CLEAR
Repeat tool
Command
Click on the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.
Double-click a text repeat handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Repeat
Definition from the contextual menu.
Double-click a repeat barline handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
Double-click a repeat ending number handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Edit Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
SHIFT+double-click a text repeat handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
CLEAR
Chord tool
Command
Display positioning
triangles
Double-click a note with no chord symbol attached (With Manual Input selected in the Chord menu), or
double-click a chord symbol handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Chord Definition
from the contextual menu.
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the
contextual menu
With Allow MIDI Input checked, click a note and play chord on the MIDI keyboard
With One- or Two-Staff Analysis selected in the Chord menu, click on a note in the chord.
Remove manual
adjustments (symbol or
fretboard)
CLEAR
Lyrics tool
Command
COMMAND+L
OPTION-click within the staff lines at the position of the first note
Select Lyrics menu > Edit Word Extension or click on the Edit Word Extension button (
Lyrics Window
Move Syllables
Select Lyrics menu > Adjust Syllables or click the Adjust Syllables button (
Window. Click and drag handle
) in
) in the Lyrics
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Command
Click the Adjust Syllables button ( ) in the Lyrics Window, then right/CONTROL-click a syllable
handle and choose Align Default and Justify Default.
CLEAR
Text tool
Command
COMMAND+SHIFT+ ; (semicolon)
Bold
COMMAND+SHIFT+B
Underline
COMMAND+SHIFT+U
COMMAND+SHIFT+ . (period)
COMMAND+SHIFT+ , (comma)
COMMAND+SHIFT+L
COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)
COMMAND+SHIFT - (minus)
COMMAND+SHIFT+M
Click a text block handle or drag-enclose text block handles, SHIFT-click a text block handle
Double-click a text block handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Text from
the contextual menu.
Press DELETE for one or more selected text blocks, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and
select Delete from the contextual menu.
Resize tool
Command
Reduce or enlarge a notehead
Reduce or enlarge an entire note or Click on the note stem or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize Note or Rest from the
beam group
contextual menu.
Reduce or enlarge a staff
In Page View, click on the staff or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize Staff from the
contextual menu.
In Page View, click between any two staves in the system or right/CONTROL-click and select
Resize System from the contextual menu.
In Page View, click the upper-left corner of the page or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize
Page from the contextual menu.
Move a system
Move a system without moving other systems Hold down OPTION and drag the center of a staff system
Select handles
COMMAND+A
CLEAR
Temporarily switch to Hand Grabber Tool COMMAND+OPTION (and drag in the score)
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Zoom tool
Command
Zoom in
Zoom out
COMMAND+SHIFT-click
COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT-click
Drag-enclose an area
Temporary switch to Zoom Tool: fill the screen with the selected area COMMAND+SHIFT+drag-enclose an area
Special Tools
Command
Click the Special Tool you want to use and click on the measure
Move selected items very slightly (nudge) Use the arrow keys
Remove manual adjustments
CLEAR
Click a measure
Press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual
menu.
Move or Copy notes to another measure Drag a note or a group of notes to the end of the measure and the selected action in the Note
Mover menu will take place
Copy notes to the beginning of a
measure
Drag a note or a group of notes to the beginning of the measure (if the measure isnt
rhythmically full)
Graphics tool
Command
Align Left
Center Horizontally
Align Right
Center Vertically
COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)
Align Bottom
COMMAND+SHIFT+ - (minus)
Click in the Shape Designer display area, the Open dialog box appears
Double-click a graphic
Select a region containing the musical example to export Double-click and drag to enclose a region in Page View
Resize selection rectangle proportionally
Ossia tool
Command
Display a handle on a
measure-assigned ossia
measure
Click the Ossia tool in Scroll View and click the measure to which the Ossia measure is attached
In Page View, double-click anywhere on the document; In Scroll View click a measure with no ossia
measure attached, or double-click a measure with an ossia measure attached; Double-click a floating
measures handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Ossia Definition from the contextual
menu.
Press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
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Command
Mirror tool
Command
Display the Mirror Attributes dialog box SHIFT+double-click a measure with a Mirror icon
Shape Designer
Command
Send to Back
COMMAND+G
Ungroup
COMMAND+U