Finale Forum

I've just figured that cut and paste work fine and I that I can "erase" notes from xml so that's a big plus. It could still work well. I'll continue to find my way around the software and wait to see what Finale say about an update to Songwriter. Looking back through their blog, Songwriter 2012 is n...

Thanks for your reply, Miker. Yes, I can see it might be a fiddly business getting the xml file into the ornamented template. Right now, I'm not sure how one copies over the music. But I have other concerns too. I've been messing around with an imported file and it doesn't seem possible to edit it, ...

Hi, I didn't get around to buying any software when I last asked questions regarding the use of Larsen's font to create ornaments but I now want to go ahead using Songwriter . . . if it works. You suggested creating expressions saving a document with them all in as a template so that they will be th...

Hi miker,
Thanks very much for that help. Songwriter should be plenty for me then. I will follow your instructions and see how I get on.
I may come back to this forum if I get stuck.
Cheers
Mike

Thanks for your helpful thoughts. I've not yet bought any software - I want to know that it works before I do - so can you walk me slowly through creating the ornamentations and using them via "expressions," miker. Thanks. And if that works in PM does it also work in SongWriter and Notepad? Do they ...

How do I import a third party music font into PrintMusic (or Notepad for that matter if it's possible)? I have a font called Larsen which was created to transcribe Irish Traditional Music notation/ornaments and is compatible with Finale. But I have no idea how to use it and opening Documents - Chang...