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Geefore
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Post by Geefore » Mon May 08, 2017 8:02 pm

I am operating Finale Allegro 98 on Windows. I want to send some music via email. How do I convert my music to a file that can be sent via email?

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motet
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Post by motet » Mon May 08, 2017 8:41 pm

You can send any file via email as an attachment. It depends what the person you're sending to has--Finale or not, and which version.

Geefore
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Post by Geefore » Tue May 09, 2017 12:13 am

The person I am sending it to does not have Finale; just a computer. All I want to do is send him the sheet music. What do I have to do to on my end to make my music an attachment so I can email it?

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Post by miker » Tue May 09, 2017 1:45 am

You would have to convert it to a PDF. There are a mumber of free programs that will do that.
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Post by MikeHalloran » Tue May 16, 2017 5:53 pm

Yes to .pdf normally.

But, if you want the recipient to hear the file, it used to be possible to have them download and install NotePad. Your file has to have the .mus extension visible nowadays.

No reason that it shouldn't still work, actually. Just now, I opened a couple of files I created in Finale 1998 (and haven't touched since) into NotePad 2012 and it worked. YMMV.
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