<s>
Finale	B-Application
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
MakeMusic	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
since	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
's	O
tools	O
are	O
organized	O
into	O
multiple	O
hierarchically	O
organized	O
palettes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
corresponding	O
tool	O
must	O
be	O
selected	O
to	O
add	O
or	O
edit	O
any	O
particular	O
class	O
of	O
score	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voices	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
Finale	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
's	O
tools	O
provide	O
an	O
associated	O
menu	O
just	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
of	O
the	O
Help	O
menu	O
,	O
available	O
only	O
when	O
that	O
particular	O
tool	O
is	O
selected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
operation	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
bears	O
at	O
least	O
some	O
surface	O
similarities	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
Finale	B-Application
provides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
color	O
code	O
several	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
score	O
as	O
a	O
visual	O
aid	O
;	O
on	O
the	O
print-out	O
all	O
score	O
elements	O
are	O
black	O
(	O
unless	O
color	O
print-out	O
is	O
explicitly	O
chosen	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
automatically	O
manages	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
rules	O
of	O
harmony	O
and	O
music	O
notation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
correct	O
beaming	O
,	O
stem	O
direction	O
,	O
vertical	O
alignment	O
of	O
multiple	O
rhythmic	O
values	O
,	O
and	O
established	O
rules	O
for	O
positioning	O
note	O
heads	O
on	O
chords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
notating	O
various	O
music	O
such	O
as	O
chorale	O
or	O
a	O
cut-out	O
score	O
including	O
new	O
symbols	O
invented	O
by	O
the	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Finale	B-Application
2001	O
onward	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
included	O
MicNotator	O
,	O
a	O
module	O
able	O
to	O
notate	O
melodic	O
pitches	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
single-pitch	O
acoustic	O
instrument	O
via	O
a	O
microphone	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2004	O
introduced	O
FinaleScript	O
,	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
the	O
automation	O
of	O
repetitive	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phil	O
Farrand	O
made	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
software	O
for	O
Coda	O
Music	B-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
sold	O
to	O
Net4Music	O
and	O
then	O
became	O
MakeMusic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Finale	B-Application
version	O
3.7	O
,	O
Finale	B-Application
's	O
marketers	O
made	O
the	O
switch	O
to	O
years	O
as	O
identifiers	O
for	O
each	O
new	O
release	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Finale	B-Application
97	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2004	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
2004	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
running	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Panther	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
late	O
release	O
by	O
MakeMusic	O
,	O
and	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
limited	O
at	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2004	O
also	O
continued	O
to	O
support	O
PowerPC	O
Macs	B-Device
running	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
shortened	O
the	O
development	O
cycle	O
for	O
Finale	B-Application
2005	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
August	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
in	O
Finale	B-Application
'	O
05	O
were	O
necessarily	O
limited	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
to	O
have	O
both	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Device
versions	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
distribution	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2006	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2005	O
)	O
included	O
the	O
Garritan	B-Application
Personal	I-Application
Orchestra	I-Application
,	O
an	O
integrated	O
sound	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited-functionality	O
music-scanning	O
module	O
,	O
SmartScore	B-Application
Lite	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2007	I-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
linked	O
"	O
score	O
and	O
part	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
properly-set-up	O
"	O
full	O
score	O
for	O
extraction	O
"	O
could	O
now	O
contain	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
formatting	O
necessary	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
full	O
set	O
of	O
linked	O
ensemble	O
parts	O
,	O
ensconced	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
Finale	B-Application
master	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2007	I-Application
introduced	O
linked	O
parts	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
ensemble	O
parts	O
to	O
remain	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
master	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2008	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
come	O
out	O
with	O
full	O
Vista	B-Application
(	O
32-bit	O
only	O
)	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2009	O
was	O
identified	O
as	O
the	O
20th	O
Anniversary	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2009	O
includes	O
Garritan	O
's	O
new	O
Aria	O
Player	O
Engine	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
new	O
samples	O
for	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2010	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
percussion	O
notation	O
and	O
chord	O
symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2011	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
with	O
additional	O
Garritan	O
Sounds	O
,	O
Alpha	O
Notes	O
(	O
notation	O
with	O
note	O
names	O
inside	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
lyric	O
entry	O
window	O
and	O
other	O
lyric	O
enhancements	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
reworking	O
of	O
staff	O
,	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
page	O
layout	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Finale	B-Application
versions	O
before	O
2011	O
,	O
systems	O
could	O
be	O
optimized	O
to	O
remove	O
empty	O
staves	O
from	O
them	O
and	O
also	O
permit	O
staves	O
in	O
a	O
system	O
to	O
be	O
positioned	O
independently	O
from	O
other	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
resolved	O
this	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
solutions	O
in	O
Finale	B-Application
2011	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
new	O
"	O
Hide	O
Empty	O
Staves	O
"	O
command	O
under	O
the	O
Staff	O
menu	O
,	O
which	O
hides	O
all	O
empty	O
staves	O
in	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
improvements	O
to	O
this	O
Finale	B-Application
version	O
include	O
easier	O
capo	O
chords	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
Aria	O
Player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2012	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
with	O
new	O
functions	O
as	O
Finale	B-Application
's	O
ScoreManager™	O
,	O
Unicode	O
text	O
support	O
,	O
creation	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
an	O
updated	O
setup	O
Wizard	O
,	O
improved	O
sound	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2014	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
with	O
new	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
all	O
previous	O
releases	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
file	O
format	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
easier	O
file	O
exchange	O
with	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
was	O
promised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
2014	O
's	O
new	O
functions	O
include	O
a	O
rewritten	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
forward	O
and	O
backward	O
file	O
compatibility	O
,	O
improved	O
Apple	O
OS	B-Application
X	I-Application
support	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
audio	O
engine	O
,	O
additional	O
Garritan	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
Finale	B-Application
2014.5	O
fixes	O
several	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
Version	O
25	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
new	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
ReWire	O
support	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
Finale	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
simultaneously	O
and	O
in	O
sync	O
with	O
digital	O
audio	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
Version	O
26	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finale	B-Application
Version	O
27	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
this	O
agreement	O
,	O
Alfred	O
Music	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
sole	O
distributor	O
of	O
Finale	B-Application
and	O
Garritan	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
