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Document Options-Repeats dialog box

How to get there

Choose Document > Document Options and select Repeats.

What it does

The Repeat options provide a number of powerful options that enable you to define global settings for repeats. The changes you make affect the appearance of all repeat bars in your score. You can set the thickness of both thin and thick lines of a repeat, tell Finale how much space to leave between repeat lines or between lines and dots, and draw repeats that have curved, single, or double "wings". You can also set the amount of space to leave before a forward repeat that is placed after a starting clef, or a key or time change. You can define the appearance of repeat dots and position them in relation to the repeat, independently of each other. Finale also offers three choices of back-to-back repeat styles.

Wing Styles: None • Curved • Single • Double. Click to select a wing style for all repeat bars in your score.
Back-to-Back Styles: Thin • Mixed • Thick. Click to select a style for back-to-back repeats in your score, using thin lines, a mixture of thin and thick lines, or only thick lines.
Line Options: Heavy Line Thickness. Enter the line thickness (in measurement units) of the thick lines used in repeat bars. This setting affects the thick lines in all repeats currently in your score, as well as those not yet created.
Line Options: Thin Line Thickness. Enter the line thickness (in measurement units) of the thin lines used in repeat bars. This setting affects the thin lines in all repeats currently in your score, as well as those not yet created.
Line Options: Space Between Lines. Enter a value (in measurement units) to set the distance between the thin and thick lines in repeat bars.
Forward Repeat Spacing: After Clef • After Key • After Time. These three new controls ensure that enough space appears before forward repeat bars in your score. Enter a positive value (in measurement units) to change the distance between forward repeats and any starting clefs, or key or time signatures at the start of staff systems.
Space Between Dot and Line: Forward Repeat • Backward Repeat. These settings enable you to position a repeat dot horizontally in relation to the thin line of a repeat. Enter a value in Forward Repeat (in measurement units) to set the horizontal spacing between a dot and the thin line in a forward repeat. As the value increases, so does the distance between the dot and the line. Enter a value in the Backward Repeat text box (in measurement units) to set the horizontal spacing between a dot and the thin line in a backward repeat. As the value increases, so does the distance between the dot and the thin line.
Vertical Dot Adjustment: Upper Dot • Lower Dot. By default, Finale places repeat dots vertically in the center of the spaces above and below the middle line of the staff for the Upper and Lower Dot respectively. These settings allow you to vertically reposition dots in relation to their default positions. Enter a positive value (in measurement units) to raise the upper or lower dot above its default position. As the value increases, the dot moves higher up the staff. Entering a negative value moves the dot below its default position. As the negative value increases, the dot moves further down.
Show On: All Staves • Top Staff Only • Staff List: New Staff List • (All defined Staff Lists); Edit. These options control the default "Show On" setting for all repeat dialog boxes including the Backward Repeat Bar Assignment, Text Repeat Assignment, and Edit Ending dialog boxes. Select All Staves to indicate you want to show repeat markings on every staff in the score and parts. Select Top Staff Only to indicate you want repeat markings to appear on the top staff only. Select New Staff List to display the Staff List dialog box, where you define which staves will display repeat markings. To select a Staff List already created for use in the score, choose its name from the drop-down list. Click Edit to display the Staff List dialog box for the selected Staff List, and change which staves repeat markings should appear in. The set tings in this subsection do not apply to existing repeats.
Add Period After Number. Check this box to automatically place a dot after the number that appears in repeat ending brackets (the number that appears after "Ending Number(s)" in the Create Ending dialog box or Edit Ending dialog box. This option does not apply to Alternate text specified in these dialog boxes.
Repeat Dot Character: Select. Click Select to choose the character used for the repeat dots.
Reset. Click Reset to restore the built-in Finale default settings.
Maximum Repeat Passes. Enter a value in this text box to specify the maximum number of times a repeated section is allowed to playback. This option overrides a repeated section defined to repeat a greater number of times. Most importantly, if any repeated section in the document is defined to loop back on itself at every pass, this setting prevents Finale from processing these measures infinitely (which effectively hangs the program upon initiating playback).
Repeat Endings. Click this button to open the Repeat Endings dialog box. See Repeat Endings dialog box.