The entire contents of the Finale 2011 User Manual is HTML-based and designed for viewing with your computer's Internet browser. Here are some tips to help you get the most out of Finale 2011's documentation resources.
The Navigation Pane appears to the left of the content window. Use the TOC, Index, Search, and Browse Sequences buttons to navigate to the desired topic, or find topics using the Visual Index.
button to show the Table of Contents. From here you can browse through an alphabetical list of Finale-specific topics (dialog boxes, tools, menus etc.) under the "Reference" volume. Or, browse through a list of musical topics (e.g. "clefs," "grace notes," "music spacing," etc.) under the "Encyclopedia" volume. The "Tutorials" volume includes the electronic version of the Installation and Tutorials manual.
tab to display an alphabetical list of index entries. Enter your query in the text box to navigate to the desired entry.
tab and enter search keyword (or multiple keywords) into the text box to search the full text of the Finale manual. The results are ordered by rank based on a variety of factors (number of occurrences in the topic, in the title, etc). Select the desired topic from the list - the words used for the search are highlighted.
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tab to display a list of topics arranged by subject. Use these lists for more comprehensive reading. If you would like to learn all about Page Layout, for example, you might start at the top of the "Page Layout" browse sequence and work your way down the list.
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