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Zoom Tool

Use this tool to magnify or reduce the music as it’s displayed on the screen. You’re not actually enlarging or reducing the printed size of the music – only "zooming in" or "zooming out" while you’re working on it.

If the Zoom Tool is selected, and you click (in Scroll View) or drag across the music (in Page View), Finale enlarges the display, making it easier for you to do detail work. If you press CTRL+while clicking or dragging, however, Finale makes the music smaller, letting you see more of the score on the screen.

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