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Commands that are new or have changed in Finale 2012 are marked by a bullet (�).
Launch Window
CTRL+SHIFT+N
Open
CTRL+O
Close
CTRL+W
Save
CTRL+S
Print Score
CTRL+P
Quit
ALT+F4+Q
Edit menu
Command
Undo
CTRL+Z
Redo
CTRL+Y
Undo/Redo List
CTRL+SHIFT+Z
Cut
CTRL+X
CTRL+C
Insert
CTRL+I
CTRL+SHIFT+I
Paste
CTRL+V
CTRL+ALT+V
Highlight the source measures. Press ALT+CTRL and click the target measure. The
Paste Multiple dialog box appears.
SHIFT+CTRL+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you can choose which items
you would like to paste.
Use Filter
ALT+CTRL+F
Edit Filter
SHIFT+ALT+CTRL+F
Press SHIFT+CTRL while choosing Paste. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you
can choose which items you would like to paste.
Select All
CTRL+A
CTRL+SHIFT+U
CTRL+F
CTRL+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Utilities menu
Command
CTRL+U
Transpose
CTRL+6 through 9
Program a Transposition
SHIFT+CTRL+6 through 9
Lock Systems
CTRL+L (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press L to lock Systems).
Unlock Systems
CTRLSHIFT+ U (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press U to unlock Systems).
Fit Measures
CTRL+M
Implode Music
Explode Music
Window menu
Command
Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
COMMAND+T
CTRL+TAB
Open/Close Mixer
CTRL+SHIFT+M
View menu
Command
Page View
Scroll View
CTRL+E
Studio View
CTRL+SHIFT+E
End Position
END key
Redraw Screen
CTRL+D
Zoom In
Zoom Out
CTRL+2
Custom Zoom 1
CTRL+1
Custom Zoom 3
CTRL+3
View At X %
CTRL+0
Fit Width
CTRL+]
Fit in Window
CTRL+[
Add Bookmark
CTRL+B
Press CTRLwhen choosing Staff Set (in Scroll View or Studio View)
Show/Hide Rulers
CTRL+R
Change layers
Command
Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Apply a Metatool
Program a Metatool
SHIFT+ALT+S
CTRL+ALT+A
PAGE UP
Move down a full screen (page view)
PAGE DOWN
CTRL+PAGE UP
CTRL+PAGE DOWN
ALT+PAGE UP
ALT+PAGE DOWN
HOME
END
CTRL+HOME
CTRL+END
SHIFT+HOME
SHIFT+END
ALT+HOME
Advance one increment left horizontally (page view)
ALT+END
CTRL+PAGE UP
CTRL+PAGE DOWN
HOME
END
Change layers
ALT+SHIFT+layer number
Articulation Tool
Command
Click on, above, or below a note or rest that doesn�t have an articulation
attached, or click on a note whose articulation handles are visible, OR drag-
enclose a group of notes with or without articulations.
Select an articulation
Delete an articulation
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu. Drag-enclose a group of notes while holding delete to
delete articulations on all the notes.
Chord tool
Command
Click a note with no chord symbol attached (With Manual Input selected in the Chord
menu), or double-click a chord symbol handle, or right-click the handle and select
Edit Chord Definition from the contextual menu.
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu
With Allow MIDI Input checked, click a note and play chord on the MIDI keyboard
With One- or Two-Staff Analysis selected in the Chord menu, click on a note in the
chord.
Clef tool
Command
Select the region (if you want a mid-measure clef, select a part of a measure) and
then double click the highlighted region.
Select the handle and press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.
Double-click the mid-measure clef�s handle and drag left or right, or right-click
the handle and select Edit Clef Definition.
Expression Tool
Command
Select an expression handle and press CTRL+Up arrow or CTRL+Down arrow to add the
expression to the staff above or below (respectively).
Select an expression handle and press CTRL+HOME or CTRL+END to add the expression
to all staves above or below (respectively).
Select an expression handle and press CTRL+ALT+ENTER to add the expression to all
staves.
Select an expression handle and press CTRL+ALT+ENTER to add the expression to all
staves.
Press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Double-click an expression handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Score
Shape Expression Graphically from the contextual menu.
Highlight the Expression handle and double-press the Metatool key corresponding to
the expression you want to switch to
Graphics Tool
Command
Align Left
Center Horizontally
Align Right
Align Top
CTRL+ - (minus)
Center Vertically
CTRL+SHIFT+ = (equals)
Align Bottom
CTRL+SHIFT+ - (minus)
Click in the Shape Designer display area, the Place Graphics dialog box appears
Command
HyperScribe Tool
Command
Click a measure
Transcription Mode
Command
Lyrics Tool
Command
CTRL-click within the staff lines at the position of the first note
Select Lyrics menu > Edit Word Extension or click on the Edit Word Extension button
() in Lyrics Window
Move Syllables
Select Lyrics menu > Adjust Syllables or click the Adjust Syllables button () in
the Lyrics Window. Click and drag handle
Click the Adjust Syllables button () in the Lyrics Window, then right-click a
syllable handle and choose Align Default and Justify Default.
Measure Tool
Command
CTRL-click the Measure tool, or right-click the Measure tool and select Add
Measures from the context menu
Double-click the Measure tool, or right-click the Measure tool and select Add One
Measure from the context menu
Double-click the top barline handle or measure, or right-click a handle (or upper
handle) and select Edit Measure Attributes from the contextual menu.
Click the second barline (or middle if there are three) handle, or right-click the
handle and select Edit Beat Chart from the contextual menu.
Click the third (bottom) barline handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit
Split Points from the contextual menu.
Change a barline
Right-click the handle and select Barlines, then the desired barline type (Normal,
Double, Final, Solid, Dashed, Invisible, Tick) from the contextual menu.
Press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Double-click a measure number�s handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit
Enclosure from the contextual menu.
CTRL+SHIFT-click on a measure
Right-click the handle and select remove a multimeasure rest from the contextual
menu.
Mirror Tool
Command
Command
Click a measure
Press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Drag a note or a group of notes to the end of the measure and the selected action
in the Note Mover menu will take place
Drag a note or a group of notes to the beginning of the measure (if the measure
isn�t rhythmically full)
Ossia Tool
Command
Click the Ossia tool in Scroll View and click the measure to which the Ossia
measure is attached
Press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Command
Move a system
CTRL+A
Repeat Tool
Command
Click on the handle and press DELETE, or right-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.
Double-click a text repeat handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Repeat
Definition from the contextual menu.
Double-click a repeat barline handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
Double-click a repeat ending number handle, or right-click the handle and select
Edit Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
SHIFT+double-click a text repeat handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.
Resize Tool
Command
Click on the notehead or right-click and select Resize Notehead from the contextual
menu.
Click on the note stem or right-click and select Resize Note or Rest from the
contextual menu.
In Page View, click on the staff or right-click and select Resize Staff from the
contextual menu.
In Page View, click between any two staves in the system or right-click and select
Resize System from the contextual menu.
In Page View, click the upper-left corner of the page or right-click and select
Resize Page from the contextual menu.
Selection Tool
Command
Esc or CTRL+SHIFT+A
Select an item
Click on the item
Click on the item then press plus or minus to cycle through overlapping items. Or,
just clicking the mouse again cycles through the overlapping items.
While holding down SHIFT, press right arrow or left arrow to extend selection
to the next or previous note.
Press SHIFT+CTRL and press the right arrow or left arrow to extend the
selection by full measures. (Choose to adjust the beginning of the selected region
by first pressing SHIFT left arrow. Choose to adjust the end of the selected region
by first pressing SHIFT right arrow.) If there are no notes in the measure, Finale
selects the entire measure.
Hold down SHIFT and press the END key to select all measures to the end of the
score.
Hold down SHIFT and press the HOME key to select all measures to the beginning
of the score.
Click to the left of a staff; SHIFT-click to the left of a staff to extend the
selection
CTRL-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved to.
Hold down the ALT key and drag the region so a red (or green) Insertion Cursor
appears at the beginning of another region. Which elements to be inserted are
selected in the Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter dialog box). The target
region can include a portion of the source region. Inserting pushed subsequent
notes in the staff to the right the duration of the inserted material.
Move or copy and paste specific items from a selected section of music
CTRL+SHIFT-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved
to. Choose the items you want to copy and click OK.
Highlight the source region and press CTRL+C to copy. Highlight the target and
press ALT+CTRL+V. ENTER the number of copies in the Paste Multiple dialog box and
click OK.
CTRL+A
Cancel an operation
Press ESC
Select the measures you want to affect, then press 1 on your computer keyboard.
Drag-Implode Music for multiple staves (displays the Implode Music dialog box)
Drag-Explode Music for multiple staves (displays the Explode Music dialog box)
� Respace notes, lyrics, and accidentals (Apply Beat Spacing command) using the
settings in Document Options-Music Spacing
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 5 on
your computer keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press CTRL+5.
� Respace notes, lyrics, and accidentals (Apply Note Spacing command) using the
settings in Document Options-Music Spacing
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 4 on
your computer keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press CTRL+4.
� Show elapsed time based on current tempo (displays the Elapsed Time dialog box)
Select the measures you want to affect, then press 3 on your computer keyboard.
� Transpose (programmable)
With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press any
number between 6 and 9 on your computer keyboard. (CTRL+6 through 9 without the
Selection tool selected.
� Program Transpositions
SHIFT+CTRL+6 through 9
CTRL+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Command
SHIFT+ - (minus)
SHIFT+ =
Accidental: Flat
Accidental: Sharp
Numpad -
Accidental: Natural
CTRL+SHIFT+ - (minus)
1 through 8
CTRL+SHIFT 9
SHIFT+2 through 9
SHIFT+A through G
CTRL+ENTER
ALT+A or Numpad * (and then the articulation Metatool or press the keystroke again
to choose articulation)
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+A or CTRL+Numpad *
ALT+K
ALT+T
X or ALT+X
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
9 or Numpad 9
Duration: Tuplet - Create User-Defined
ALT+Numpad 9 or ALT+9 (or SHIFT-click in a measure with the Simple Tuplet tool
chosen)
A-G
Enter Rest
ALT+/
SHIFT+/
ALT+E
Modify: Delete
Delete or SHIFT+BACKSPACE
ALT+G
Modify: Show/Hide
SHIFT+L
T or Numpad /
SHIFT+T or CTRL+Numpad /
CTRL+F
ALT+UP ARROW
ALT+DOWN ARROW
Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)
BACKSPACE or Escape
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Navigation: Selection - Up
CTRL+UP ARROW
Left arrow
Right arrow
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+A
Selection: Select a note within a chord without clearing previous selection (in
entry)
ALT+ - (Minus)
ALT+ N
Tool: Accidental - Sharp
ALT+ =
Tool: Eraser
ALT+BACKSPACE or ALT+DELETE
CTRL+G
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT 0
CTRL+Numpad 1-8
Tool: Repitch
ALT+R
Tool: Tuplet
CTRL+9 or CTRL+Numpad 9
Tool: Tie
ALT+Numpad / or CTRL+SHIFT+T
ALT 1-9
TAB-Add Note on String: At Caret Pitch
CTRL+ENTER
ENTER
= or Numpad +
- or Numpad -
ALT+DOWN ARROW
ALT+UP ARROW
CTRL+SHIFT 0-9 or ALT+Numpad 0-9 (type two numbers quickly for two digit numbers)
CTRL+ALT 1-8
CTRL+ALT � (Accent)
SHIFT+0
TAB-Enter Note on Fret 0-9 or A-K
TAB-Enter Rest
TAB-Modify: Delete
DELETE or SHIFT+BACKSPACE
ALT+G
TAB-Modify:Show/Hide
CTRL+H
T or Numpad /
SHIFT+T or CTRL+Numpad /
R or SHIFT+SPACEBAR
BACKSPACE
1-9
TAB-Navigation: String Up
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
TAB-Tool: Eraser
ALT+BACKSPACE or ALT+DELETE
CTRL+G
TAB-Tool: Repitch
TAB-Tool: Tie
CTRL+SHIFT+T or ALT+Numpad /
ALT+R
TAB-Tool: Tuplet
0 or CTRL+ALT+Numpad 0
Laptop users: To use this set, from the Simple menu, choose Simple Entry Options
and then click Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. In the Edit Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box,
from the Name drop-down menu, choose �Laptop Shortcut Table�.
Command
Accidental: Natural
CTRL+SHIFT+-(minus)
F2 through F8
CTRL+SHIFT+F9
SHIFT+F2 through F9
SHIFT+F9
SHIFT+A through G
CTRL+ENTER
� (accent)
ALT+SHIFT+� (accent)
Add/Change Items: Clef
ALT+C
ALT+K
ALT+T
ALT+X (or X)
ALT+DOWN ARROW
ALT+UP ARROW
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
ALT+0 through 8
. (period)
ALT+9
Enter Note: At Caret Pitch
ENTER
A through G
Enter Rest
ALT+/
SHIFT+/
ALT+E
Modify: Delete
Delete
ALT+G
Modify: Show/Hide
SHIFT+T
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)
BACKSPACE
DOWN ARROW
UP ARROW
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Navigation: Selection - Up
CTRL+UP ARROW
RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+A
Selection: Select a note within a chord without clearing previous selection (in
entry)
ALT+- (minus)
ALT+N
ALT+=
SHIFT+.
Tool: Eraser
ALT+BACKSPACE
CTRL+G
ALT+R
Tool: Tie
CTRL+SHIFT+T
Command
CTRL+F
ALT+SHIFT+ F
CTRL+A
TAB
ESC
TAB
Create an inverted bracket with the hook pointing away from the staff instead of
toward the staff. It will also change the text for an 8va or 15ma below the staff
or 8vb or 15mb above the staff
Add a slur
S (Hold down S, then double-click and drag)
Add a trill
Add a crescendo
Add a decrescendo
Add a rit.
Command
DELETE
O or H
CTRL+L
; (semicolon) or G
` (accent) or ; (semicolon) or G
Voice 1/2
' (apostrophe)
SHIFT+' (apostrophe)
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
SHIFT+UP ARROW
1�8
CTRL+0 (zero)
SHIFT+1 through SHIFT+7 (on keyboard only) (with MIDI, while playing note)
CTRLSHIFT+0 (zero)
SHIFT+drag
Define a tuplet
CTRL+1
+ (plus) or SHIFT+S
� (minus) or SHIFT+F
Raise by a half step (and subsequent notes of this pitch in measure)
CTRL+SHIFT+ + (plus)
CTRL+SHIFT+ � (minus)
Flat note
Sharp note
Natural note
Double-sharp
Double-flat
Previous note
LEFT ARROW
Next note
RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Down a step
DOWN ARROW
Up a step
UP ARROW
BACKSPACE or SHIFT+DELETE
BACKSPACE or SHIFT+DELETE or R
= (equals) or T
Flip a tie
CTRL+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
/ (backslash) or B
SHIFT+B
Flatten a beam
\ (forward slash) or M
* (asterisk)
CTRL+* (asterisk)
* (asterisk)
0 (zero)
Add a dot
. (period)
enter
enter
Command
Click the Special Tool you want to use and click on the measure
CTRL+F
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Staff Tool
Command
Add the staff to the selection. If a staff is already selected, remove the staff
from the selection.
Add a staff without repositioning the lower staves to make room for the new staff.
Insert a staff between staves, repositioning the lower staves to make room for the
new staff.
Select the staff handle and press SHIFT+DELETE for selected staves, or right-click
the handle and select Delete Staves and Reposition from the contextual menu.
Press DELETE for selected staves, or right-click the handle and select Delete
Staves from the contextual menu.
Double-click the staff's handle and drag in Page View. When you double-click a
staff handle, all measures of the staff are selected.
Add the group to the selection. If a group is already selected, remove the group
from the selection.
Edit a full or abbreviated group name using the Edit Text window.
CTRL-click a group handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Full Group
Name or Edit Abbreviated Group Name from the contextual menu.
Position a group name using the Position Full Group Name or Position Abbreviated
Group Name dialog box.
CTRL+SHIFT-click a group handle, or right-click the handle and select Position Full
Group Name or Position Abbreviated Group Name from the contextual menu.
Press DELETE for selected groups, or right-click the handle and select Delete Group
from the contextual menu.
Add the staff name to the selection. If a staff name is already selected, remove
the staff name from the selection.
SHIFT-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle
Edit a full or abbreviated staff name using the Edit Text window.
Position the selected staff name using the Position Full Staff Name or Position
Abbreviated Staff Name dialog box.
Revert the position of the full or abbreviated staff name to its default position.
Add the bracket to the selection. If a bracket is already selected, remove the
bracket from the selection.
Press DELETE for selected brackets, or right-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.
Right-click the staff handle and select Select Clef from the contextual menu.
Click the Staff Style bar and press DELETE. Or, Select the measures, right click
and choose Clear Staff Styles From (and then the desired score/part Option).
Text Tool
Command
CTRL+ ; (semicolon)
CTRL+SHIFT+ ; (semicolon)
Bold
CTRL+SHIFT+ B
Italic
CTRL+SHIFT+ I
Underline
CTRL+SHIFT+ U
Increase Point Size by one
CTRL+SHIFT+ . (period)
CTRL+SHIFT+ , (comma)
CTRL+SHIFT+ P
CTRL+SHIFT+ S
CTRL+SHIFT+ F
CTRL+SHIFT+ N
CTRL+T
CTRL+SHIFT+L
CTRL+ - (minus)
Center Text block Vertically
CTRL+SHIFT+ = (equals)
CTRL+SHIFT - (minus)
CTRL+ M
CTRL+SHIFT+ M
Click a text block handle or drag-enclose text block handles, SHIFT-click a text
block handle
Double-click a text block handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Text
from the contextual menu.
Delete the selected text blocks
Press DELETE for one or more selected text blocks, or right-click the handle and
select Delete from the contextual menu.
Tuplet Tool
Command
Position tuplet
Delete tuplet
Press DELETE for selected tuplet, or right-click the handle and select Delete from
the contextual menu.
Double-click a positioning handle or the first note in a group that you want to
define as tuplets, or right-click the handle and select Edit Tuplet Definition from
the contextual menu.
CTRL+Double-click the Tuplet tool, or right-click the Tuplet tool and select Edit
Tuplet Definition from the context menu
Zoom Tool
Command
Zoom in
Drag-enclose an area
Playback
Command
Begin/stop playing
ALT+D-P or ALT+D-O
SPACEBAR-click in staff
Begin playing from the clicked measure in the clicked staff only
SHIFT+SPACEBAR-click in staff
Shape Designer
Command
Send to Back
CTRLB
Send to Front
CTRLF
Group
CTRLG
Ungroup
CTRLU