To adjust the shape of ties globally

1. Choose Document > Document Options > Ties. The Tie options appear.
2. Click the Tie Contour button to display the Tie Contour dialog box.
3. Select the tie style whose settings you want to adjust from the Style drop-down menu. Select Short, Medium, Long or Tie End (tie after a system break). To set more than one style, just select another style from the list before you click OK to apply your changes. To change the settings for Short Medium and Long, enter values (in measurement units) into the Short, Medium, or Long Span text boxes. These lengths will allow you to specify different height and insets for short, medium and long length ties.
4. To change the height of the left and right sides of the arc of the selected tie style, enter values (in measurement units) into the Left: Height and Right: Height text boxes, respectively. A larger number increases the height of the arc; a smaller number decreases it.

   The Height setting is actually the height of a control point, an imaginary point that Finale uses to calculate the arc’s curve. Finale draws the actual height of the arc a little less than the value you specify for Height.

5. Choose an Inset Style. Click Inset Percent to specify Inset as a percentage of the tie’s length. Click Inset Fixed to specify Inset as an unchanging amount for all tie spans, regardless of a tie’s length. This has been provided for compatibility.
6. Specify the shape of the left and right endpoints of short, medium, and long ties. Finale uses the Left and Right Inset settings to shape the left and right tie ends, giving them a more “rounded” or “hooked” appearance depending on the Inset value. If you selected Inset percent as the Inset Style, enter a number into the Left and Right Inset text boxes that is a percentage of the tie length for each span. Increase the percentage to flatten the tie ends; use a smaller percentage to make the ends more hooked. If Inset fixed is the selected Inset Style, enter a number (in measurement units) into the text box that appears for all spans. A larger number flattens to tie ends; a smaller number hooks the ends.
7. Set how to determine the height of ties that fall between the specified short and medium, or medium and long spans. Click Interpolate height between short and long span to have Finale automatically calculate a proportional height based on the defined Span and Height settings. Click Use medium height between short and long span to always use the Medium Height setting for ties whose lengths fall between the specified spans.
8. Set the thickness of the left side of the arc for all ties. Enter a value (in measurement units) into the Left text box. The larger the number, the thicker the arc.
9. Set the thickness of the right side of the arc for all ties. Enter a value (in measurement units) into the Right text box. The larger the number, the thicker the arc.
10. To avoid staff lines, select the check box Avoid Staff Lines By. Enter a different number if you want to change the default of 8 EVPUs. 12 EVPUs is equivalent to centering the tie between staff lines. The only viable range for this text box is 2-12 EVPUs.
11. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Tie options. Click OK to return to the document. Click Cancel to return to the Tie options without making any changes.

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