Change Ties dialog box

How to get there

Choose the Selection tool and select a region of music.
Choose Utilities > Change > Ties.

What it does

Noteman says: To adjust a single tie or the tie end after a system break, use the settings in the Tie Alterations dialog box.

Use the Change Ties dialog box to change the settings of ties in a region. You can set tie direction, break ties at a new time or key signature, remove any manual adjustments to positioning and specify whether the arcs of ties should avoid staff lines. Finale updates the Tie Alterations dialog box settings for each tie in the region. You can also use this dialog box to adjust more than one tie in a region.

Tie Direction: Automatic • Over • Under. Use these options to set the direction for ties in the selected region. Use Automatic to set the tie direction based on your settings in the Document Options - Ties dialog box. You can also use CTRL+F to flip the tie with the Speedy Entry tool or the Special Tools tool .
Break for Time Signature: Default • On • Off. Choose an option from the dropdown menu to specify whether ties in the selected region break and continue at a time signature change. Default is the initial setting. When Default is selected, Finale uses the global Break for Time Signature setting in the Document Options - Ties dialog box. Choose On to always break ties in the selected region at a time signature change and continue it immediately after the signature change, regardless of the global setting. Choose Off to draw ties in the selected region through the time signature without any break.
Break for Key Signature: Default • On • Off. Choose an option from the dropdown menu to specify whether ties in the selected region break and continue at a key signature change. Default is the initial setting. When Default is selected, Finale uses the global Break for Key Signature setting in the Document Options - Ties dialog box. Choose On to always break ties in the selected region at a key signature change and continue it immediately after the signature change, regardless of the global setting. Choose Off to draw ties in the selected region through the key signature without any break.
Outer Placement: Default • On • Off. When this checkbox is selected, ties in the selected region will be set to outer placement (unless they are inner ties on chords). Deselect this checkbox to remove outer placement on all ties in the selected region.
Avoid staff lines. When this checkbox is selected, Finale uses the global Avoid Staff Lines setting in the Tie Contour dialog box to determine where to position the peak of the arc in relation to staff lines. When not checked, Finale does not avoid staff lines in the selected region.
Remove manual positioning. When this checkbox is selected, all of the changes from the global settings are removed.
OK • Cancel. Click OK (or press ENTER) to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the changes you’ve made and return to the score.

Tip: Use the Document Options - Ties dialog box to globally set all ties.