You are here: Encyclopedia > T > Text blocks

Text blocks

A text block can be almost any piece of text: a note to the conductor, a page of dialogue, performance instructions, or an extra verse of lyrics, for example. You can place block text, in any font and size, anywhere in the score.

Text blocks created in Scroll View and text blocks created in Page View are treated differently. Finale assigns a text block to a measure if you are in Scroll View when the text block is created. To create a page-assigned text block, you must be in Page View.

 

Creating text in a frame that automatically expands as you type

Creating text within a fixed-size frame

Editing text on-screen

Resizing a text block on-screen

Resizing a custom frame

Assigning a text block to one or more pages

Assigning a text block to a measure

Positioning text blocks on-screen

Positioning page-assigned text blocks (Text Menu)

Positioning page-assigned text blocks (Frame Attributes dialog box)

Positioning measure-assigned text blocks (Frame Attributes dialog box)

Positioning page-assigned text blocks on left- and right-facing pages (Frame Attributes dialog box)

Deleting a text block

Specifying a default font for text blocks

 

User Manual Home