Changing document styles

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Jay Emmes
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Post by Jay Emmes » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:52 pm

Is it possible to change document style within an already created document?

Finale offers a different set of articulations e.g. with the (orchestral) Engraved style which I need in a document that was set up with the (orchestral) Maestro style. Is it possible to port that set of articulations to the document I'm working in, rather than creating every single articulation from scratch?

Thanks in advance.
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Post by zuill » Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:57 pm

Possibly importing a Library. There would still be work to be done. Copying/pasting into an Engraved style document is something else to consider. There are maybe other approaches. No matter what you do there will be work. For just articulations, then the Library method would be the least work, I think.

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Post by ebiggs1 » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:13 pm

I doubt it will change what's already there. Make yourself templates with the styles and settings you want and use them.
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Post by zuill » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:23 pm

If there is a lot of work already done, I would set up a new document and try to copy/paste into it, to save time. That sometimes works. One can change fonts and make the changes in an existing file, but it depends on what's been done and what needs to be changed. I suppose our advice would be more specific if we could see a sample of the file in question.

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Post by Jay Emmes » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:52 am

Yes, in this case the 'Load Library' method will be enough for what I need.

As always, thanks for your help. Much appreciated.
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Post by montedoro44 » Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:47 pm

Hi, I just stumbled in here bc I ran into a surprise. When I began with Finale, I avoided Setup Wizard in favor of Default Document. Now I go back to some ancient docs (v.2014.5) to add a percussion instrument as a metronome -- I'd rather not use Finale Clicks. I get an error message complaining about Document Style, and although the new instrument appears and lets me assign an instrument to it and populate it with notes, it won't sound. I may have a lot of these to do, so is there a quick fix? All help appreciated!

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