2011 Macintosh

5 M ACINTO S He n T e r i n G T h e M u s i C : s i M p l e e n T r Y 6M ACINTO S H e n T e r i n G T h e M u s i C : s i M p l e e n T r Y
Entering the Music: Simple Entry
1
Click the Simple Entry tool .
2
Observe the Simple menu (a) at the top
of your screen. You will use this menu to
change settings and refer to keyboard
shortcuts.
3
Observe the Simple Entry palette (b), which
you will use to specify note durations and
other note properties.
a.
b.
(press once)
A. To enter notes with
your mouse
1
Click the note duration in the Simple Entry
palette, as well as the accidental, tie, tuplet,
or grace note.
2
Position your mouse cursor where you
would like to enter the note.
3
Click to enter the note. Finale flips the stem
direction when appropriate.
Tip: Double-click
one of these tools
to de-select all other
tools in the Simple
Entry palette.
B. To enter notes with your mouse and computer keyboard
Notebook users, use the “Laptop Shortcut
Table” to improve the efficiency of your smaller
keyboard. Choose Simple > Simple Entry Options
and click Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. Under
Keyboard Shortcut Set, click the Select popup
menu and choose Laptop Shortcut Table.
Use your numeric keypad (c) to choose
note durations before you click them in.
Use the image to the right as a guide.
To remove extra tools, double-press as
shown below.
c.
(press twice)
To change the selected duration.
To select only the duration and remove the dot and flat.
Enter a note and then press 9
to create a triplet.
All Simple Entry keyboard shortcuts are listed under the Simple menu.
option
+
4
Notes are purple when you enter them,
indicating they can be edited with a keystroke...
Change the duration of the note you just
entered by pressing Option+# (1-8).