Macros, or keyboard equivalents for mouse, menu, and dialog box actions, can dramatically increase your efficiency in working with Finale.
One kind of macro is already built into Finale—Metatools. These macros are always programmed to the number keys and the letter keys on your computer keyboard. By using a macro to place an expression marking into the score, for example, you can bypass three dialog boxes and several mouse clicks. See the individual tool for instructions for programming Metatools.
You can also get external macro programs to do some of your work for you. Any one of them can perform almost any of the multistep instructions in this document with a single keystroke. Not only do you save time, but you don’t have to wander through all those dialog boxes—the macro takes care of the navigation.
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