Finale won’t retain the tabs or character formatting if you import text from another word processor, but the text itself will transfer.
- In your word processor, select the text. Choose Edit > Copy. In almost every word processor, you can press CTRL+C (for Copy) instead of choosing Copy from a menu.
- Open your Finale document. There are two places the text might go: into your lyrics or into a text block.
- To paste the text as lyrics, click the Lyrics Tool
so the Lyrics window appears, then press CTRL+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).
