To import text

Finale won’t retain the tabs or character formatting if you import text from another word processor, but the text itself will transfer.

1. In your word processor, select the text. Choose Copy from the Edit menu. In almost every word processor, you can press ctrl-C (for Copy) instead of choosing Copy from a menu.
2. Open your Finale document. There are two places the text might go: into your lyrics or into a text block.
3. To paste the text as lyrics, click the Lyrics Tool . Choose Edit Lyrics from the Lyrics menu, and press ctrl-V (for Paste). The lyrics currently on the Clipboard appear in the Edit Lyrics window. You can paste text the same way when you’re creating text blocks (see Text blocks).

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