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Fretboard Shape Selection dialog box

How to get there

Click the Chord tool . The Chord menu appears.
Choose Chord > Manual Input, then click any note that doesn’t have a chord symbol attached.
In the Chord Definition dialog box, click the Edit Styles button.
In the Fretboard Styles box, click on Fonts & Shapes. Click any Select button.
If a note has a chord symbol attached, click the note to make the chord’s handle appear. Double-click the handle, then click the Edit Styles button. Click on Fonts & Shapes. Click any Select button.

What it does

In this dialog box you can select the shapes for barre symbols, open or muted strings and other symbols.

Select. If you have clicked a shape in the Fretboard Shape Selection dialog box, click Select to return to the Fretboard Style Fonts & Shapes dialog box. Finale puts the shape you selected in the custom fretboards using this fretboard style. Double-clicking a shape is the same as clicking it once and clicking Select.
Cancel. Click Cancel to return to the Fretboard Style Fonts & Shapes box without having made a shape selection.
Edit. If you’ve selected a shape in the Fretboard Shape Selection box by clicking it once, click Edit to enter the Shape Designer, where you can modify the shape. See Shape Designer for more information.
Create. If you don’t see the shape you’re looking for in the Fretboard Shape Selection box, click Create to enter the Shape Designer, where you can build one of your own. See Shape Designer for more information.
Duplicate. Click this button to create a copy of the selected shape that you can modify with the Shape Designer. You can select more than one item. Use SHIFT-click to select an additional item and include all the items in between. Use CTRL-click to select only a specific additional item in the list.
Delete. If you’ve selected a shape in the Fretboard Shape Selection box by clicking it once, click Delete to remove it from the selection box. You can select more than one item. Use SHIFT-click to select an additional item and include all the items in between. Use CTRL-click to select only a specific additional item in the list. If the shape is used in the score, the Delete Element dialog box is displayed, where you can specify delete options. See Delete Element dialog box.
Move Up • Move Down. Click these buttons to move the selected item or items up or down in the list. You can select more than one item. Use SHIFT-click to select an additional item and include all the items in between. Use CTRL-click to select only a specific additional item in the list.
[Magnifying glass icons]. Use the magnifying glass icons to zoom in and out. Click and drag the lower right corner of the dialog box and drag to resize it.