Tools menu
How to get there
Choose the Special Tools tool 
. The Special
What it does
Options in this menu control whether Finale displays or hides the 
handlesA small square which appears on currently "selectable" elements in the score. Handles allow you to select, edit and adjust musical elements in the score. of elements in selected measures and the default tie behavior.
- Show Handles. Choose this command to display a small square handle on each note, stem, beam, tie, or dot (depending on which Special Tools tool you're using). Deselecting Show Handles can be useful if the handles are obscuring some of the elements in your score. All the tools work the same way when handles are hidden, except that instead of clicking a handle, you'll have to click at the location where a handle would be if it were visible.
- Tie Direction. Use this submenu to control the default tie direction relative to tied notes. See Tie Direction submenu.
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