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Getting Started Launch Window QuickStart Videos Setting up your score Templates New and Expanded Documentation Hear Your Music Record/Import Audio Garritan Sounds Human Playback® Save as .MP3, .WAV or .AIFF Burn an audio CD Integrated Sound Libraries Latin Percussion Sounds and Rhythms TempoTap™ Integrated KONTAKT™ Player 2 SmartMusic SoundFont® Row-Loff™ Marching Percussion Sounds Support of Native Instruments® VST/AU Players Entering Notes Simple Note Entry SmartScore® Lite Scanning From sheet music to your music Notate as you play a MIDI keyboard MicNotator® No keyboard required Composing and Arranging Linked Parts Video Support Auto-arrange Band-in-a-Box® Auto Harmonizing Instant Drum Grooves Smart Cue Notes Never miss an entrance Smart Page Turns Dozens of Plug-Ins Save you time Point. Click. Edit. Cut/Copy/Paste Improvements New Selection Tool Create Codas, Mid-Measure Repeats, Resize Noteheads and more Quick Change and Update Brackets & Groups Cross-Staff Beaming Textured Paper Tempo Markings and Expression Customization Contextual Menus Multiple Undo

Educator Tools Studio View™ Teach and practice composition and arranging SmartMusic® Accompaniment Wizard Colored Noteheads and Boomwhackers® Tube Sounds Exercise Wizard Quick custom lessons Connecting to Finale NotePad® Share assignments with students Professional Notation Document Styles ScoreMerger™ FinaleScript® Take a shortcut SmartFind and Paint™ Engraver Tuplets & Spacing Controls Macintosh Enhancements More Music Fonts TGTools Vertical Collision Remover No Edits Required Intelligent Repeats Note Spacing Engraver Slurs Automatic Lyric Placement Auto-Slur Melismas, Score System Dividers and more Automatic Word Extensions Smart Hyphens Share and Connect Your Music Online Finale Showcase Connecting to Finale NotePad® Share your music with this free download Import and Export MusicXML Files Graphics Import and Export Graphics Embedded or linked Guitar Tablature / Fretboards

Finale provides a number of useful features for everyone from music professionals to students, teachers, occasional composing hobbyists, and more, making it the most comprehensive, powerful sheet music creation tool for all types of notation. The major feature that sets it apart is the advanced capability of engraving sheet music professionally. Click on each link to read more about this and the rest of these great features, and how they provide flawless music engraving for a perfect presentation of your work.

From the original notation to editing, playback, printing, engraving sheet music and more, Finale makes creating music simple. In fact, the notation process stays completely out of the way of your creative process since the software is intuitive and includes a variety of features. Keep your focus on your music rather than the process of creating and engraving sheet music and you can get great results from Finale 2008. Read more about the rest of Finale's features to see why Finale 2008 is the best music software.