Using the clipboard is another way to copy
(or cut) and paste music. When you paste, existing music is overwritten.
This is the method commonly used when copying to a target region outside
of the visible area or across documents (see Copying across documents).
- With the Selection tool
selected, highlight
a region of measures. Or, highlight a region with any tool that
allows regional selection. For details, see Selecting
music.
- Press CTRL+C
to copy or CTRL+X
to Cut. The music is loaded to the clipboard. If you chose to Cut
the selection disappears. At this point, you can paste the copied material
anywhere—either elsewhere in the same document, or into another document.
If you want to paste to another document, open the document now, by using File > Open. You can’t, however, directly paste
music into other programs such as word processing or graphics programs.
For details on exporting music into another program, see Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
and Graphics tool.
- Specify the musical elements you would like
to copy in the Edit Filter dialog box. See To
specify what you want to copy. Or, to
copy everything, ensure Edit Filter is unchecked under the Edit menu. (Tempo changes are the exception; they are not included when Use Filter is unchecked. See To copy tempo changes.)
- Select a measure (or partial measure) that
begins at the desired target and press CTRL+V
to paste. Finale replaces whatever was in the target measures,
starting at the left-most edge of the selected region, with a copy of
the music you originally selected (as shown here). Pasting
does not introduce any new measures into the “target” document, but replaces
whatever was there with the contents of the Clipboard. (However, measures
will be added on paste as needed if there are fewer measures in the target
than in the source.
Note: When clipboard-copying,
Finale pastes the entire source content starting with the upper left target
selection.
To paste multiple copies of the source
material, simply CTRL+ALT+click the target measure (or, select the target and press Alt+CTRL+V
) to open the Paste Multiple dialog box where
you can repeat the source material any number of times in the score, horizontally
or vertically.
