Create a blank document with no formatting?

[lrichards]

Hello,
I am a music teacher and want to create some simple rhythm worksheets. Also some interval worksheets. All I need is a blank manuscript - no clef, no key sig, no locked measures. I cannot seem to find a way to do this!! All the templates have formatting in them that don't allow me to do what I want. I've been creating these worksheets in my word processor with music symbols from some of the available fonts. Crazy.

Please help!! Thanks and have a stupendous day.

[miker]

You can create blank manuscript, but as soon as you start to enter notes, Finale needs to put that into measures, and that requires time signatures, and so forth.

I think the best way for you to create exercises is with the 2-measure and 4-measure example templates, in the education folder.

If you can give us some specific exercises you want to create, I'm sure we can help you learn to set them up.

[michelp]

In the staff attributes window (staff tool, double-click on the staff), under Items to display, you can deselect everything (for barlines, clefs : you decide if you want them or not). Also deselect Options->Display rests in empty measures.
Add measures in the score until you fill the page.