How do I place this symbol on the staff in Finale

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Elwin_Raffins
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Post by Elwin_Raffins » Fri May 25, 2018 12:38 am

So, I need to know how to place a symbol that looks like this: "[" on Finale, like the attachment shows. How do I do it?


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gogreen
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Post by gogreen » Fri May 25, 2018 1:55 am

Tools > Smart Shape > Line.
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Post by Elwin_Raffins » Fri May 25, 2018 3:49 am

gogreen wrote:Tools > Smart Shape > Line.
That doesn't work. It can not draw a line like that. It only draws long lines, which I don't need.

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Post by zuill » Fri May 25, 2018 5:36 am

The attached picture shows a bracket created with the Smart Shape Tool.

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Post by miker » Fri May 25, 2018 1:27 pm

Custom Line Tool > find and duplicate the double-ended bracket > Edit > uncheck Horizontal
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri May 25, 2018 2:54 pm

Also, there are some ready made vertical brackets in the Engraver Text fonts (but perhaps not with a height of only 3 scale steps, as in the attached graphic).
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