To place a marking into the score

1. Click the Repeat tool  .
2. Double-click the measure in which you want the sign to appear. The Repeat Selection dialog box appears. If you’ve loaded a Text Repeat Library—or if the Maestro Font Default file is in place—you should see the sign. If you don’t see the marking: click Create; the Repeat Designer dialog box appears. Type a % symbol (SHIFT+5); click Set Font to change the type style to Maestro 24-point. Click OK to return to the Repeat Selection dialog box.
3. Double-click the sign. The Text Repeat Assignment dialog box appears. If you don’t need to make the marking control playback, click OK without changing any settings; you return to the document, where the marking is in place. Also see “ Repeats –To move, hide, or delete a text repeat.”

If you want to define the marking for playback, continue: Note the Text Repeat ID of the marking. This indicator appears at the top left of the dialog box, in the form “Text Repeat ID: 9” (or whatever number Finale has assigned). You’ll need to remember this number for a moment.

4. Click Never Jump (Mark). You’ve just defined this text repeat to be a mark—in other words, a marker to which other text repeats (“D.S.,” in this example) will direct playback.
5. Click OK (or press ENTER). The sign appears in all staves. See “ Repeats –To move, hide, or delete a text repeat.” Click in the measure and drag the handle to reposition.

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