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To fill measures with rests

  1. Click the Selection tool  image\Selection_Tool.gif, and select the region of music to fill with rests. Refer to Selecting musicfor different methods of selecting regions.
  2. Choose Utilities > Check Notation > Fill With Rests. Finale scans each measure in the selected region, and automatically fills incomplete measures by adding the correct number of rests. Note that Finale does not convert empty measures to measures with actual whole rests.

 

 

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