
Use Ctrl-A (command-A on Mac) to select the whole piece, then right-click the selected region to see the contextual menu, then select Staff Style > Apply Staff Style > Slash Notation and click OK. Let’s use this trick and some keyboard shortcuts to add chord slashes. The resulting context menu lets you transform the selected item. Try it: Hit the Esc key to choose the selection tool, then right-click (control-click on the Mac) on a clef, a key signature, a measure number, a measure, text, or anything else.
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This produces a context menu full of options to choose from.

Note that even though each measure currently shows a whole rest, I can easily position a chord over any beat, simply by clicking where I’d like it to appear, and I can use the spacebar to advance beat-by-beat. To enter chords into the resulting piece, I’ll select the Chord Tool (its icon looks like a CM7 chord symbol) and click where I’d like to place a chord symbol. I’ll choose an Engraved Style, select the Blank Staff, type in my text including song title and composer, and provide specifics including tempo and starting time and key signatures. I’ll start by launching Finale and selecting the Setup Wizard, where I begin by responding to simple questions.
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Don’t own Finale? You can try these same steps in the free trial version. Today I’m going to quickly create a chord chart with Finale 2014.
