Move/Copy Layers

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How to get there

Click the Selection Tool $image\Selection_Tool.gif$ , and select a region of measures. Choose Move/Copy Layers from the Edit Menu.

What it does

The Move/Copy Layers command provides a way to move music from one layer to another. You can even swap the music between layers—if, for example, you mistakenly entered several stems-down notes in Layer 1, which you intended to use only for stems-up (upper) voices. You can also copy layers while leaving the original notes intact.

Move • Copy. Choose Move to convert notes in one layer to another. Choose Copy to convert notes in one layer to another and leave the original notes in place. When Copy in chosen, notes in the new layer are superimposed on the original notes.

Tip: To display and work with (mass copy etc.) layers individually, activate the layer you want to copy, and then, from the Document Menu, choose Show Active Layer Only.

Move Contents of Layer [#] into: Layer 1 • Layer 2 • Layer 3 • Layer 4. Using these controls, you can specify how you want to move the selected music among the four transparent staff layers. Select the first two checkboxes, for example, and set up the popup menus as shown above, to swap the contents of Layers 1 and 2. Be careful, however. If there’s already music in the layer you choose from the drop-down lists, it will be replaced by the music you’re transferring. (Finale will warn you if you’re about to lose music that’s already in the destination layer.)

Note: If you set up these controls so that the contents of more than one layer get moved into the same other layer, Finale will only move the highest-numbered layer’s contents. For example, if you indicate that you want the contents of Layers 2, 3, and 4 moved into Layer 1, only Layer 4’s music will actually be moved.

OK • Cancel. Click OK to make the transfer and return to the score. Click Cancel to tell Finale to leave the layers as they were. You return to the score.