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Noteman says: An additional way to place a graphic is via the Graphics tool in the Shape Designer window. Graphics placed into the Shape Designer may be used anywhere that shapes are currently used in Finale. For example, you can use placed graphics with the Expression tool, or the Articulation tool.

Use this tool to place Encapsulated PostScript files (EPS), ClosedTIFFTagged Image File Format—format for storing bitmap images/graphics. This format is supported on both Mac and Windows (.tif extension) and does not require a PostScript printer. (TIF) files, JPEGs, PDFs, PNGs, BMPs, and GIFs for use within Finale, and export a region of music or pages of music as JPEG, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF files that can be used in other applications. When you click this tool, the Graphics menu appears; it contains all the commands to place a graphic into Finale, export pages or a selection of music from your document to another file, position graphics in your music, and show the location of graphics files.

When you place a graphic – a company logo, for example – it can be brought into the score in either Scroll View or Page View. The placed graphic may be assigned to and positioned on a single page or measure, or displayed on a range of pages, so it becomes a running header or footer throughout the document. You can position and scale graphics on your score by dragging their bounding ClosedhandlesA small square which appears on currently "selectable" elements in the score. Handles allow you to select, edit and adjust musical elements in the score.. See Graphics.

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