Black Line to indicate length of note

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Frank Rubenstein
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Post by Frank Rubenstein » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:33 am

Hello,
I would like to add a black line to a note to indicate how long the sound is supposed to last,
please see the attached file.
Is there a way to do this in finale?
All the best
Frank
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David Ward
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Post by David Ward » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:54 pm

One way might be to use a custom Smart Line with your choice of line thickness. Once the line is ‘designed’ and selected, double click and drag for the desired length &c.
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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:04 pm

By The Way:
You can change Measurement Units “on the fly” by typing letters after the numeric value.

In the attached example I have entered a value of 3 Points (probably close to the actual thickness you need, I guess).
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Survey:
e for EVPUs (or evpus, or EVPUs)
pt for points (or pts, or points) 1pt = 4e
s for spaces (or sp, or spaces) 1s = 6pt
p for picas (or pi, or picas) 1p = 2s
i for inches (or ", or in, or inch, or inches) 1i = 6p
c for centimeters (or cm, or centimeters)
m for millimeters (or mm, or millimeters)

By typing letters in this way you are overriding your global choice of Measurement Units only for this single instance.
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