Set Placeholder dialog box
How to get there
-
Choose
Window > Advanced Tools. Click the Mirror tool
.
- Double-click any measure that contains notes. The Placeholder
dialog box appears, letting you specify how many "blank" beats
you want (for use in creating a pickup measure).
- Make a selection and
click OK.
What it does
If your piece has more than one staff,
Finale is asking whether the pickup measure only occurs in the staff you
clicked, or in all staves.
- Change
This Staff Only. Click this button if you want the "placeholder"
beats (invisible beats at the beginning of a pickup measure) to occur
only in the staff you clicked.
- Change
All Staves. Click this button if you want the "placeholder"
beats to occur in every staff.
- OK
• Cancel. Click OK to confirm, or Cancel to discard your set placeholder
selection.
See also:
Mirror
Tool
