Finale family software can open files created by software of the same or earlier version number. For example, NotePad 2007 can open Finale 2007, 2006, and earlier files. Conversely, they can’t open files created by newer versions: Finale 2005 can’t open NotePad 2007 files.

Our current versions are: Finale 2008, Finale PrintMusic 2008, Finale Allegro 2007, Finale SongWriter 2007, and Finale NotePad 2008.