To export a selected region of music as a graphic

Note. View the Exporting musical examples QuickStart Video for an overview.

1. Choose Window > Advanced Tools. Click the Graphics Tool  . The Graphics menu appears.
2. Double-click and drag to enclose the area you want to export as a graphic. A rectangle appears with eight editing handles. You can click and drag these handles to resize the selected area. Or, click in the middle of the rectangle and drag to move it. (As you roll over the handles and rectangle, see the mouse cursor change to indicate the axis controlled by the handle. A cursor with four arrows indicates the entire rectangle will be moved.) To resize the rectangle proportionally, hold down SHIFT and drag a corner handle.

Note. Graphics export rectangle drags and sizing will snap to grids and guides (if Snap to Grid/Guide is active). See Grids and Guides.

3. Choose Graphics > Export Selection. The Export Selection dialog box appears.
4. Choose a graphics format from the Type drop-down list to tell Finale whether to create a PDF, EPS, JPEG, PICT, PNG, or TIFF file. If you select EPS or TIFF, the PostScript Options or TIFF Resolution settings will be available, respectively. For details about these settings, see Export Selection and Export Pages dialog boxes.
5. Select Generate Names From and enter the file’s title in the text box, followed by a number sign (#), to have Finale name each new graphics file automatically. Optional: Click Save In to specify the folder that Finale should save the graphics file into. Finale uses the title and replaces the number sign by a sequential number to create a unique title for each file. Select Prompt For Each Name if you want Finale to ask you for a title each time a file is created.
6. Click OK (or press ENTER). Finale saves the graphic.

Note. Unless you specifically enter a file extension as part of the file name, Finale will automatically save graphics files using their standard extensions: TIF for TIFF files and EPS for Encapsulated PostScript files (or the extensions specified in the [EXTENSIONS] section of the Finale.ini file).

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