I use looseleaf, current page. It works fine for me. I usually zoom in so the page width takes up the full monitor. When I need to see the full page, I zoom out and the gray background is all I see besides the page. No need for a screenshot. You can adjust the background color and image in finale preferences/palettes and backgrounds.

When I need to see the entire page all the time, I pivot my monitor to portrait mode and the image fills up the entire screen.

A pivoting monitor! Hadn't seen that before! Thanks for the tip :)

I still think the views can be better. First screenshot is how it opens (page is hard to the left) and at the zoom i use, but it makes me tilt my head to the left. Second screenshot is how I work, but everything in the background is annoying. I could make the Mac background grey but there are usually Finder windows open. Hence the grey screenshot idea open in the background to make it look more like Finale's background.

When you have the document window with the size and position as needed, go to

File menu > Save Preferences

Finale will remember.

The next time you open a new document window, it will have the size and position as previously saved.

Glenn,

Just for comparison, here's what I use. The first screen shot is landscape mode, the 2nd is portrait. In portrait the image is larger than actual size. And when working on an 11" x 17" score, the image is lifesize. In Mac's System preferences under display, there's the option to rotate the view 90 degrees to portrait. My monitor swivels, but you can get a desk clamp and pivot any monitor.

Thanks guys! All tips are useful and I've got something to look into now :)