Click the Smart Shape tool 
. Choose Smart Shape Palette from the Window menu, if
it isn’t already selected.
This resizable, movable, reshapable,
Finale automatically determines the direction of measure-based Smart Shapes (though you can override the direction if you choose) by whether the cursor is above or below the middle staff line.
• Dashed Curve Tool 
. Select these tools to create slurs and dashed slurs,
respectively.
• Crescendo Tool 
. Select these tools to create crescendos and decrescendos
that move and break with your score.
• Trill Extension Tool 
. Click one of these tools and position the cursor in the measure where you want the trill extension
to begin. Double-click the mouse, holding down the button on the second
click; drag to the right until the trill extension is the desired length.
•15ma Tool 
. Click one of these tools, then double-click and drag
above a staff to enter an one octave up (8va) or two octaves up (15ma)
marking in the score; double-click and drag below a staff to enter an
one octave down (8vb) or two octaves down (15mb) marking. Select Smart
Shape Options from the Smart Shape menu to set the font and size for the
symbols (for example, if you prefer using 8va and 15ma below the staff
as well), and choose whether symbols or numbers are used.
• Dashed Double-Ended Bracket Tool 
• Single-Ended Bracket Tool 
• Dashed Single-Ended Bracket Tool 
• Line Tool 
• Dashed Line Tool 
. Click one of these tools, then double-click and drag
to enter the smart shape in your score. When a bracket is placed under
a staff, the ends of the bracket will point up. If the bracket is placed
over the staff, the ends of the bracket will point down. If you selected
the Dashed Double-Ended Bracket Tool or the Dashed Single-Ended Bracket
Tool, then the horizontal line will be dashed instead of solid.
. Click this tool, then double-click a note and drag
to create an angled glissando, or double-click a note to attach the glissando
to that note and the next. Use Smart Shape Options to edit the type of
glissando and text used. See Smart Shape Options
dialog box.
. Click this tool, then double-click and drag or double-click
on the first note, or fret number in a tab staff, to create a bend shape.
See Guitar Bend Options dialog box
and Guitar bends.
. Click this tool, then double-click and drag or double-click
on the first note to create a bend between notes or double-click a note
to attach the bend to that note and the next. (These are actually just
a special case slur.)
. Click this tool, then double-click and drag or double-click
on the first note to create a slide between notes or double-click a note
to attach the slide to that notehead and the next.
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