Finale AlphaNotes font

1. Choose File > New > Document From Template.
2. Double-click the Education Templates folder.
3. Double-click either the Finale AlphaNotes Notenames or Finale AlphaNotes solfège templates.
4. Complete the Setup Wizard. Staves in these templates are automatically configured to use the proper AlphaNotes character for each pitch/staff position.

If you began your score in Finale 2012 or later, you can instantly apply AlphaNotes to any region of your score using Staff Styles.

1. Choose the Staff tool and select the region of notes you would like to convert to AlphaNotes.
2. Right-click the highlighted region and choose either 20. Apply Finale AlphaNotes Notenames or 21. Apply Finale AlphaNotes solfège. The appropriate AlphaNotes characters appear throughout the selected region.

After following these steps to add "20. Apply Finale AlphaNotes Notenames," if characters other than noteheads appear on the staff, press CTRL+Z to undo and then complete the following steps.

To correct a faulty AlphaNotes staff style

1. Choose the Staff tool .
2. Choose Staff > Define Staff Styles.
3. From the Available Styles drop-down menu, choose 20. Apply Finale AlphaNotes Notenames.
4. Under Independent Elements, next to Notehead Font, click Select.
5. Under Font, choose Finale AlphaNotes; under Typeface, choose Regular; and under Size, choose 24.
6. Click OK, and OK again to return to the score.
7. Repeat the steps above for To apply AlphaNotes to any staff region.

AlphaNotes notehead characters can be assigned to a pitch for the whole score or a staff (in the Document Options - Notes and Rests dialog box, and Note Shapes dialog box respectively).

1. Enter the note(s) in your document.
2. Choose Window > Advanced Tools Palette. Choose the Special Tools tool .
3. In the Special Tools palette, choose the Notehead Position Tool .
4. Click the measure containing the notes you want to change. Handles appear on all notes in the measure.
5. Double-click the handle on the note you want to change. The Notehead Settings dialog box appears.
6. Uncheck Use Default Notehead Font.
7. Click the Set Font button, choose Finale AlphaNotes, and click OK.
8. Uncheck Use Default Character and click the Select button below. The Symbol Selection dialog box appears.
9. Choose the desired AlphaNotes character and click Select.
10. Click OK. The notehead changes to the character you selected.