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Printing

Portrait orientation is the usual setup—the page is taller than it is wide; Landscape orientation is “sideways.” Letter size is 8.5 by 11 inches; Legal size is 8.5 by14 inches.

To print a score

  1. Choose File > Page Setup. The Page Setup dialog box appears. Click Letter or Legal to specify the paper size. Specify the orientation by clicking Portrait or Landscape.
  2. Make sure your page layout matches the paper size and orientation you’ve just specified. See Page size for instructions.
  3. Click OK (or press ENTER). If you’re in Page View, go to page 1.
  4. Choose Utilities > Update Layout. By choosing Update Layout, you’re reformatting the music so that no measures are unnecessarily wide or narrow.
  5. Choose File > Print. The Print dialog box appears letting you specify the range of pages to print. If you only want the first page to print, type 1 in both the From and To boxes.
  6. Click OK (or press ENTER). The printer should begin to print in a few moments.
  7. To cancel printing, press esc or click Cancel. Because the computer sends data to the printer faster than the printer can process it, there will be a momentary pause before the computer and printer stop printing.

To print large scores by taping smaller pages together

See Tiling pages for printing.

To print linked parts

See Printing linked parts.

To print marching band parts formatted to print two pages per 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, stacked vertically:

To print marching band parts (flip-folder size)

  1. Start your marching band score using the "Marching Band" Document Style or "Marching Band" template. See Document Styles and Finale Score Templates. If you are working with a score that you did not start one of these two ways, set the part page size to octavo. To do so choose Document > Page Format > Parts. Choose Page Size > Octavo (6.75 x 10.5), set the orientation to Landscape, and click OK. Then, click the Page Layout tool image\Page_Layout_Tool.gif, and choose Page Layout Menu > Redefine Pages > [the pages and parts you wish to change to octavo]. Click OK.
  2. Choose File > Print.
  3. Click Setup to open your Printer's settings. Set the "Pages per Sheet" option to 2 pages with a portrait orientation. (Do not use the "2-up" option in the Print dialog box.) For example, if you  are using an HP printer, in the Print dialog box, click the Setup button. Then, click Properties to show the printer's properties. In the "Layout" tab, set the "Pages per Sheet" to 2. This will put page 1 above page 2 on the same piece of 8.5 x 11 paper.  It will also scale the size of the printed area down so it will fit on your printable area.
  4. RETURN to the Print dialog box, check the parts you would like to print, and click Print.

 

 

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