Staff Styles

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Choose Staff > Define Staff Styles. The Staff Styles dialog box appears.
3. Click New and replace (New Staff Style) with a unique name for your custom Staff Style.
4. Select the items you wish to include in your Staff Style. Remember that a checkbox can be selected, unselected, or grayed out (which means to leave that setting as it is).

   Select Copyable to allow the Staff Style to be copied with the Selection tool .

5. Click OK. You are now ready to apply the Staff Style you created.

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Choose Staff > Define Staff Styles. The Staff Styles dialog box appears.
3. Select the Staff Style you wish to change from the Available Styles pop-up menu.
4. Make any changes you require and click OK. The changes you have made will be applied everywhere that style is used in your document.

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Select the region you want to affect. See Selecting music for hints on selecting shortcuts.
3. Choose a Staff Style:
   • If you're using one of the preset Staff Styles that come with Finale, press its MetatoolA Finale keyboard shortcut that lets you enter markings very quickly. Up to 36 Metatools can be programmed for the following items: Articulations, Chord Symbols, Expressions, Key Signatures, Time Signatures, Selection, Repeats, and Tuplets. The name for these shortcuts gave rise to the old chestnut, "I never metatool I didn't like." key (for example, S for Slash Notation).

     Hold down OPTION while pressing the Metatool to apply the Staff Style to the currently visible score/part(s) only. See Staff Style Metatools for a listing of Metatool assignments in the default file.

   • If you don't know the Metatool or you're using a custom Staff Style, choose Staff > Apply Staff Style To > Score and Parts or Current Part/Score). The Apply Staff Style dialog box appears; select the Staff Style you want to apply and click OK.

     You can also select these options from the contextual menu by right/CONTROL-clicking in the staff.

Finale applies the Staff Style over the range or measures you selected for the score and corresponding part(s).

To remove the full duration of a Staff Style or multiple Staff Styles, see To clear a Staff Style below.

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Make sure Staff > Show Staff Styles is selected.

   Staff Styles are indicated by gray horizontal bars above the affected portion of the staff when the Staff tool is selected.

3. Select the region you want to affect.
4. Choose Staff > Clear Staff Styles From and the desired option. The Staff Styles are removed from the selected region.

   You can also select these options from the contextual menu by right/CONTROL-clicking in the staff. Or, press CLEAR (Laptops FN+SHIFT+DELETE) to clear the Staff Style for both the score and corresponding part(s). Press OPTION to clear the Staff Style on only the score/part you are viewing.

To remove all Staff Styles from a specific region of measures, see To clear a Staff Styles from a measure region above. To delete a Staff Style definition from the Staff Styles dialog box, see To delete a Staff Style below.

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Make sure Staff > Show Staff Styles is selected.

   Staff Styles are indicated by gray horizontal bars above the affected portion of the staff when the Staff tool is selected.

3. Click the horizontal Staff Style bar you would like to clear. The Staff Style bar changes color to purple indicating it is selected.

   Hold SHIFT and click additional Staff Style bars to add to the selection.

4. Press DELETE. The Staff Style is removed for the score and corresponding part(s). Alternatively, right/CONTROL-click a selected Staff Style bar and choose Clear Selected Staff Styles. The selected Staff Style is removed.

   Or, press OPTION+DELETE to remove the selected Staff Style from the current score/part only.

These instructions demonstrate how to delete a Staff Style definition. To remove all Staff Styles from a specific region of measures, see To clear a Staff Style from a measure region above. To remove the full duration of a Staff Style or multiple Staff Styles, see To clear a Staff Style above.

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Choose Staff > Define Staff Styles. The Staff Styles dialog box appears.
3. From the Available Styles pop-up menu, select the Staff Style you wish to delete.
4. Click Delete.
5. Click OK. The Staff Style is removed from the list and the document.

1. Choose File > Load Library.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the desired library. The default libraries are found in the Libraries folder in the Finale folder.
3. Select the library and choose Open. The Staff Styles are added to the Available Styles list in the Staff Styles dialog box.

1. Create only the Staff Styles you want to move. Delete redundant Staff Styles if necessary.
2. Choose File > Save Library. The Save Library dialog box appears.
3. Click Staff Styles and click OK.
4. Name the library and click Save. The library is now available to load into other files.