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Measure Numbers. In this lesson we're going to explore the use of Measure Numbers in Finale 2010. Finale offers us a number of features when working with Measure Numbers. By default, Finale will add a Measure Number in the score to the first Measure of each System after the first one, however, we have a number of options to specify how the Measure Numbers will be displayed and handled within Finale. To access Measure Numbers we can click on the Measure Tool, which will open the Measure Menu. If we go to Edit Measure Number Regions this will open the Measure Number dialog box. Here we see a number of options for Measure Numbers. First, we have some options down here at the bottom that will allow us to show Measure Numbers in Every Measure, or we might choose to show them every so many measures. For example, it would be very common to have them shown every 5 measures. We have the ability to add an Enclosure including a number of different shapes around our Measure Numbers. We can indicate to Break Multimeasure Rests for Measure Numbers and we can specify a specific Font for Measure Numbers that will be shown in these additional sections. Next, above that, we have some other options. This includes the ability to show Measure Numbers on the Top Staff, Bottom Staff and to Exclude Other Staves. Again, we have the option to Show Measure Numbers at the Start of the Staff System, to Add an Enclosure and to Hide the first Measure Number of a Region. If we want to set our Fonts overall, we can do this over here by clicking on Set Font. For example, I find that a 10 Font is usually a little too small on the page, so let's go to a 16-point Font. We also have the option to Position our Measure Numbers. If I click on Position that will open the Position Measure Number dialog box and here I can define some specific information about how I want Finale to position the Measure Number. If I click OK we notice that our Measure Number has been increased to reflect the Font Size change that we made. Let's go back into the Measure Number dialog box. There are a number of situations where we may want to use Multiple Regions. For example, if we were to create a single document that contains multiple movements of a work, for example, a Symphony that has more than one movement, we may want to define which Measures occur in which Regions which would allow us to start the Measure Numbers over within each movement. The easiest way to do that would be to click on Add which will add a new Region and we can then define each Region separately. For example, if I go to Region 1, I can say that Region 1 should be Measure 2 through Measure 8. This will be displayed as 1 through 7. Of course, there's an offset in our Measure Numbers because we have an incomplete first Measure for our pickup Measure. Region 2 could then be defined as 9 through 999. We have the option to specify a specific Starting Number and a Style, whether we want to use numbers or letters. Likewise, we can add Prefixes and Suffixes and we have the ability to specify all of the characteristics for our Measure Numbers for each Region separately. For example, we could specify a different Font Size or Font Style, a different kind of Enclosure, or any other characteristic that we see here at the bottom of the screen. Finally, if we go to Linked Parts, we have the ability to specify different settings for our parts. This is a feature that we commonly use when we make Orchestral Scores. The contemporary norm for Orchestral Scores is to have a Measure Number for every measure in the score. This usually appears at the top of the score above the top Staff or at the bottom of the score below the bottom Staff. However, this would be a little tedious in parts so it's convenient to be able to set separate settings for the Linked Parts. If we click OK and go back to our document we now find that we have different Measure Numbers. For example, we changed at Measure 8, so 5, 6, 7, and 8. This becomes our new first Measure of the second Region and you can see that in the next System that's indicated by adding Measure 2. If we go to Scroll View we notice that we'll see an indication of our Measure Number in the bottom left of the screen. The region will be indicated before the colon and the measure within that region will be indicated afterwards. So if I scroll forward we can see the point where it switches to Region 2. Again, this is a convenient feature when we're working with multiple movements within a single document.