Tip:
Using the right tool for the job: placing text into your score. There is generally more than one way to accomplish a task in Finale. But that doesn't mean that just because you can use a certain tool for a task, that it's the best way to get it done.

The issue: Placing text into your score.

There are several ways to get text to appear in your score. The two primary ways are with the Text Tool and the Expression Tool. You can even get text into your score with the Chord Tool.

Text Tool

Expression Tool

Here is the decision you need to make: Is the text supposed to appear at a fixed point on the page, such as a title or a page number? If so, the Text Tool is your best choice. Or is it supposed to appear near a specific measure? If so, the Expression Tool is your best choice.

The Wrong Choice: If you were to put in this tempo indication with the Text Tool, and later move your systems around, the text marking will stay where you put it initially and will not move.

The Right Choice: Use the Expression Tool. Double-click the measure you want the text to attach to. This dialog will appear. Click the "Create" button and type your text. It will appear at the bottom of this list. Click the "Select" button.

If you just want the text to appear on a single staff, select "This Staff Only". If you want it to appear on All Staves, select that option. If you do attach it to multiple staves, be sure to check "Allow individual positioning" so you can tweak the position of each instance of the text, particularly if instruments are playing on ledger lines where this text is supposed to appear.

Now when you move the systems around on the page, the text stays attached to the measure rather than remaining static.