- Click the Staff tool
. The Staff menu
appears.
- Select the region you want to affect.
See Selecting music
for hints on selecting shortcuts.
- Press the Metatool key, (for example, S for Slash Notation).
Finale applies the staff style over the range or measures you selected for the score and corresponding part(s). (Hold down CTRL+SHIFTwhile pressing the metatool to apply the staff style to the currently visible score/part(s) only). See the Staff
Style library in the Appendix for a listing of metatool assignments
in the default file. If you don’t know the metatool, use the steps below. See also Staff Style Metatools.
- Choose Staff > Apply Staff Style To > Score and Parts (or Current Part/Score).
You can also select these options from the contextual menu by right-clicking
in the staff. The Apply Staff Style dialog box appears.
- Select the staff style you wish to apply. The staff style appears on the score and corresponding part(s). Hold down CTRL+SHIFT while choosing a staff style to apply it to the currently visible score/part only. See also Staff Styles in Linked Parts.
- Click OK.
