How to get there
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and click a measure. - Select a
handleA small square which appears on currently "selectable" elements in the score. Handles allow you to select, edit and adjust musical elements in the score. by clicking it, several handles by SHIFT-clicking (or drag-enclosing) them, or all notes in the measure by choosing Edit > Select All. - Choose NoteMover > Search and Replace. The Search and Replace dialog box appears.
- Specify how you want to search for the selected notes and click OK. The Alteration for Slot dialog box appears.
- Specify how you want to modify other occurrences of the selected notes, click OK, and return to the document. The Search menu appears.
What it does
You can use Finale’s search and replace function to edit every occurrence of a particular motif, to correct every event of a specific note to its enharmonic equivalent, or even to transpose every note of a particular rhythmic value that falls on a specific pitch.
Once you've specified the criteria for which you want to search (in the Search and Replace dialog box) and specified how you want the selected motif transformed (in the Alteration for Slot dialog box), this menu appears. You can use it to conduct the search process, telling Finale either to pause after it finds a match (while you decide whether or not you want to modify it) before continuing the search or to search all measures in all staves, changing every occurrence it finds without waiting for your approval each time. See Search and replace.
- Find. Choose this command to search your score for the next occurrence of the note or motif you’ve specified. Finale searches measure 1 in every staff, then proceeds to measure 2, and so on; when it finds a match, it highlights the matching notes and waits for you to choose another menu command.
Finale can't find a motif if it crosses a barline.
- Replace. Choose this command to modify the selected note or motif according to your specifications in the Alteration for Slot dialog box.
- Replace
- Replace All. Choose this command to search your score for the selected note or motif, changing every occurrence according to your specifications in the Alteration for Slot dialog box. Finale searches measure 1 in every staff, then proceeds to measure 2, and so on.
There’s no way to interrupt this process once it’s begun, so you should allow some time for Finale to complete its task.
- Quit Search. Choose this command to return to the document. The Search menu disappears.
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