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

To import text

1. In your word processor, select the text. Choose Edit > Copy. In almost every word processor, you can press COMMAND+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 so the Lyrics window appears, then press COMMAND+V (for Paste). The lyrics currently on the Clipboard appear in the Lyrics window. You can paste text the same way when you’re creating text blocks (see Text blocks).

User Manual Home