Text

You can place text, in any font and size, anywhere in a Finale score. Different tools, however, are ideal for different kinds of text. The table below will help you find instructions for creating the kind of text you’re looking for.

To create these…	Use this tool…	…and see this entry
Lyrics	Lyrics tool	Lyrics tool
Page numbers	Text tool	Page numbers
Notes to the conductor	Text tool	Text blocks
Titles	Text tool	Titles
Copyright notices	Text tool	Copyright notices
Text expressions (arco, etc.)	Expression tool	Expressions
Explanatory text	Text tool	Text tool
Chord symbols	Chord tool	Chord symbols
(Running) headers and footers	Text tool	Headers and footers