Document Options-Grace Notes dialog box

How to get there

Choose Document > Document Options and select Grace Notes.

Use these options to globally modify the size, spacing, thickness and playback duration of grace

notes throughout your document.

Grace Note Size. The number in this text box specifies the size of grace notes in your document, expressed as a percentage of normal-sized notes. The default is 50%.
Tablature Grace Note Size. The number in this text box specifies the size of grace notes in a tablature staff, expressed as a percentage of normal-sized notes. The default is 50%.
Grace Note Offset on Entry. This option controls the distance of the first grace note from the note it is attached to, as well as the distance between grace notes. Enter a value in the current measurement units.
Grace Note Slash Thickness. This value controls the thickness of grace note slashes.
Always Slash Flagged Grace Notes. It’s customary to place a small diagonal slash through the flag of any grace note that’s not beamed to other notes. Select this option if you want the slash to appear by default on all unbeamed grace notes. If this option is on, the Simple Entry and Speedy Entry tools will only toggle between slashed grace note and full note.
Playback Duration _ EDUs • Set Duration. Enter a value in the EDUs text box to specify the grace note duration (there are 1024 EDUs in one quarter note), or click Set Duration. If you choose Set Duration, the Set Duration dialog box appears and you can choose a duration value from the note palette. Finale will automatically enter the corresponding EDU value in the text box. Grace notes on any given note will play back according to the duration that you specify.