Titles

A title is created and positioned with the Text Tool. If you want to create the title on a page of its own, see Title page.

To create extra room at the top of the page

Depending on the format of your piece, you may want the music on the first page to begin slightly lower on the page to allow room for a title space.

1. Scroll to the beginning of the piece. Click the Page Layout Tool  . Finale displays the systems on the first page, representing each as a rectangle with handles at the upper-left and lower-right.
2. Click in the middle of the first staff system and drag it downwards. When you drag the top system down, all subsequent systems move down on the page as well. If you want more precision, try this: Choose Edit Margins from the Systems submenu of the Page Layout Menu. Click the top system’s handle, and then enter a larger value in the topmost text box at the right side of the screen. These numbers represent the system margins.
3. Click the upper left handle of the first staff system and drag it upwards until it overlaps the top page margin. If you later use Space Systems Evenly, Finale will adjust the Distance Between Systems value. Because we don’t want the space for the title to be considered in this spacing, we needed to adjust the top margin of the system.

To add a title

1. Click the Text Tool  .
2. Select Page View from the View Menu.
3. Double-click where you want the title. The text editing frame appears.
4. Select font, size and style from the Text Menu. Skip this step if the default Text Block settings are the ones you want to use. See Document Options-Fonts.
5. Select Title from the Inserts submenu of the Text Menu. If you haven’t defined a title in the File Information dialog box, either select File Info from the File Menu and fill in the appropriate information, or just type in the title you want to use.
6. Select Frame Attributes from the Text Menu. The Frame Attributes dialog box appears.
7. Select Page. Choose Single Page from the popup menu and type 1 in the first text box. (These should be the default settings).
8. Select the alignment and positioning options from the alignment and positioning popup menus.
9. Click OK (or press return).

To move or delete a title

1. Click the Text Tool  , if it’s not already selected. A handle appears on each title.
2. Drag the title’s handle to move it; select the handle and press delete to remove it.

To specify a default font for titles

The default font for titles is the same as the default font for all text blocks. See Text blocks–To specify a default font for text blocks.