is there a way to import a list of expressions?

[lynndavidnewton]

Is there a way to import a list of expressions and their categorizations from another file?

I'm working on a score I started maybe twelve years ago and abandoned because it had technicalities that were beyond my ability at the moment. I don't remember exactly what version of Finale I was running. Yes, it's been upgraded to a .musx file.

When I started adding expressions, I quickly found that most of various classification tables that exist are empty. When I click the Show All tab, I do get a list of perhaps 35 items, including all the standard dynamics (ppp ... fff) but only a few others. And I've had to make up a few of my own that should be standard.

When I started to relearn Finale about three weeks ago, I started with an old and relatively simple string quartet I wrote at age 17. When I brought up the expression list, I had a large list of stuff in every tab. I just assumed that all of that was available in every new document, but perhaps *not* in one that is based on a file that I first created a long time ago?

Is there anything I can do about this? I shouldn't have to twiddle around with inventing terms and meanings for expressions like crescendo and accelerando.

[zuill]

You can create a Library out of one file and import it into another. I believe the term Finale uses is Load it into a document.

Zuill

[lynndavidnewton]

Zuill, thank you again.

It took a little figuring out, but that worked. What a relief!

The Save Library item brings up a popup with perhaps a dozen different choices. None of them say just "Expressions". But I tried the one that says "Text Expressions" I think. Saved it, then had to re-figure out where the saved file was, then loaded it from the score I'm working on.

Voila. I've got a bunch of stuff in there. Thank goodness.

I'm guessing that shouldn't be as much a problem going ahead. The first score I worked on was brand new, created from Finale 25.4, as most of what I do in the future will be. Apparently between the version I was using way back when and version 25 they have supplied a lot more stuff to start with in the expressions library.

Once again life is good. Thank you very much Zuill.

[ebiggs1]

The first score I worked on was brand new, created from Finale 25.4, as most of what I do in the future will be.

Make a template out of it. Life will be good!