Moving templates folder for new versions of Finale?

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Andrew Harrison
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Post by Andrew Harrison » Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:54 pm

Hello everyone,

I've got a quick question regarding Finale templates. How do other users access their templates when they move to a new version? Do you copy it, move it or just going looking for it? I've got a templates folder that I created way back (F12) that has some files that I use regularly, and I have to keep going fishing for it when I start up F25.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Regards,
Andrew
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Post by N Grossingink » Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:35 pm

Copy the folder, give it an identifiable name (My Templates), and move it into the Finale 25 template folder. When you start a new file using one of your templates, select File > New > Document from Template and you'll see your folder in the list.

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Andrew Harrison
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Post by Andrew Harrison » Sat Jul 14, 2018 4:19 am

Thanks N. I'll do that.

Cheers
Andy
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Post by Vaughan » Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:53 am

Although beware of doing that for too many updates. Last year I redid most of my templates because my old ones were showing anomalies.
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