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- Click the Speedy Entry tool, and click the
measure containing the tie.Click
on first note of the tie.
- Or, click the Simple Entry tool. COMMAND-click on first note of the tie.
- Press COMMAND+F
to reverse the direction of the tie. In Speedy Entry, choose Automatic
(or press COMMAND+SHIFT+F)
from the Tie Direction submenu of the Speedy menu to have Finale automatically
set the tie’s direction based on the position of the tied notes on the
staff (Automatic is default). Choose Over to set the tie over notes, Under
to place the tie under tied notes.
