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If you’re using running headers or footers
in your score, you might want to position a text block in the header or
footer near the “outside” edges or margins (the left or right edges, respectively)
of each left-facing (even-numbered) or right-facing (odd-numbered) page,
as opposed to always positioning the text block in the same place on every
page. This is easily done using special positioning settings for right-facing
pages in the Frame Attributes dialog box; follow the steps outlined here.
- Choose Page View from the View menu, if it
isn’t already selected.
- Click the Text tool
. The Text menu
appears.
- Click a page-assigned text block handle, then
choose Text > Frame Attributes. Or, SHIFT+double-click
a page-assigned text block handle. The Frame Attributes dialog box appears.
- Use the Alignment and Positioning settings
in the Frame Attributes dialog box to position the text block on every
page in the selected page range. See To position page-assigned text blocks (Frame
Attributes dialog box) earlier in this section.
- Click Use Right Page Positioning to place the
text block differently on right-facing (odd-numbered) pages.
- Position the text block horizontally on right-facing
pages. Choose Right Page Alignment and Positioning:
Horizontal > Left to place the text block on
the left edge or margin of the right-facing page; choose Center to center
it between the left and right edges or margins; or choose Right to align
it on the right edge or margin. (Finale resets the Right Page Alignment
and Positioning: H: setting to zero so the left, right, or center of the
text block is aligned horizontally with the page edge or margin.)
- Set the positioning distance. Enter
values into the H: and V: text boxes in the Right Page Alignment and Positioning
group box for the distance to position the text block horizontally and
vertically on right-facing pages, based on the Right Page Alignment and
Positioning: Horizontal setting, and the Vertical and Position from selections
in the Alignment and Positioning group box.
- Click OK to confirm your settings and return
to the document.
