Advanced Tools Palette

How to get there

From the Window menu, choose Advanced Tools Palette.

What it does

This palette contains the MIDI tool, Special Tools Tool, Graphics tool, Ossia tool, Mirror tool, Note Mover tool, and Tempo tool.

[Close box]. Click this small button at the upper-right corner of the palette to close the palette. Once it’s hidden, you make the palette reappear by choosing Advanced Tool Palette from the Window menu.
[Title bar]. Drag the strip across the top (or left) edge of the palette to move the entire palette to a new screen location.
[Sizable frame]. Click on the very edge of the palette and drag the sizable frame to reshape the entire palette. As you drag, the palette snaps into new configurations: tall and thin, short and stout, square, and so on. If your monitor is wider than it is tall, for example, you might consider rotating the palette so that it’s a short horizontal strip.

If you drag the resize box inward toward the upper-left corner, you hide tools. Drag the resize box outward again to bring them back into view.

[Tool icons]. See the individual tool for a complete discussion of each tool and what it does. In the meantime, note that you can rearrange the icons within the palette. To do so, press shift and drag an icon into a new position; it will trade places with the icon onto which you drop it. Keep in mind, too, that you can save these configurations of tools for quick access; see View menu for instructions. See the Customize Toolbar dialog box.

Graphics Tool $image\Graphics_Tool.gif$

Use this tool to exchange PostScript and bitmapped graphics between programs.

MIDI tool $image\MIDI_Tool.gif$

This tool lets you edit the actual MIDI data that Finale stores with your music.

Mirror Tool $image\Mirror_Tool.gif$

With this tool you can create one-measure intelligent copies, or mirrors - groups of notes that are dynamically linked to other notes in the score (the source material).

Note Mover Tool $image\Note_Mover_Tool.gif$

This tool lets you move one note at a time (or several within a measure) to another measure, even on a different staff.

Ossia Tool $image\Ossia_Tool.gif$

Use this tool to create floating measures—one-bar alternative passages that you can place anywhere in the score.

Special Tools Tool $image\Special_Tools_Tool.gif$

This tool lets you create a number of special beaming, stemming, and note positioning changes in one measure at a time.

Tempo tool $image\Tempo_Tool.gif$

The Tempo tool lets you create or edit a stream of data describing tiny, moment-by-moment tempo fluctuations within the playback of your piece.

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