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If you’re using running headers or footers in your score, you might want to position a text block in the header or footer near the “outside” edges or margins (the left or right edges, respectively) of each left-facing (even-numbered) or right-facing (odd-numbered) page, as opposed to always positioning the text block in the same place on every page. This is easily done using special positioning settings for right-facing pages in the Frame Attributes dialog box; follow the steps outlined here.

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

  1. Choose Page View from the View menu, if it isn’t already selected.
  2. Click the Text tool  image\Text_Tool.gif. The Text menu appears.
  3. Click a page-assigned text block handle, then choose Text > Frame Attributes. Or, SHIFT+double-click a page-assigned text block handle. The Frame Attributes dialog box appears.
  4. Use the Alignment and Positioning settings in the Frame Attributes dialog box to position the text block on every page in the selected page range. See To position page-assigned text blocks (Frame Attributes dialog box) earlier in this section.
  5. Click Use Right Page Positioning to place the text block differently on right-facing (odd-numbered) pages.
  6. Position the text block horizontally on right-facing pages. Choose Right Page Alignment and Positioning: Horizontal > Left to place the text block on the left edge or margin of the right-facing page; choose Center to center it between the left and right edges or margins; or choose Right to align it on the right edge or margin. (Finale resets the Right Page Alignment and Positioning: H: setting to zero so the left, right, or center of the text block is aligned horizontally with the page edge or margin.)
  7. Set the positioning distance. Enter values into the H: and V: text boxes in the Right Page Alignment and Positioning group box for the distance to position the text block horizontally and vertically on right-facing pages, based on the Right Page Alignment and Positioning: Horizontal setting, and the Vertical and Position from selections in the Alignment and Positioning group box.
  8. Click OK to confirm your settings and return to the document.

 

 

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