Drag the first selected measure so that it’s
superimposed on the first target measure. If the first target measure
isn’t on the screen, scroll to it, and then CTRL–SHIFT-click it. In either case,
the lyrics are copied from the source selection to the target music. Note
that Finale will only place lyrics in the target region on notes that
fall on the same beats as they did in the source region.
and select a region.
See Selecting
music for some region-selecting shortcuts.