Moving Document Options Across Documents
If you want to save a set of document options
to apply to other documents, or move document options from one document
to many, you have a couple options depending on your needs. You can transport
the settings in the Document Options dialog box using a Document Options
library. Or, to transport a collection of settings (or “house style”)
including Document Options, page format and others, to many files at
once, use the FinaleScript plug-in.
You can save all the settings configured
in the Document Options dialog box in a library file, and then load the
library file in another document.
- Open a document containing the desired Document
Options. Or, open a new document if you want to define the settings
manually.
- From the Document menu, choose Document Options.
The Document Options dialog box appears. Ensure the options are setup
as desired. If you make any changes, click the Apply button.
- Select Save Library. The Save Library
dialog box appears. Document Options is selected automatically.
- Click OK. Name the file and save it
as “Custom Document Options” or another personalized name. (You are prompted
to save the file in the Finale 2014/Libraries folder. (See Finale Installation Details for specific folder locations on your computer). Do not replace the file
“Document Options.LIB” which contains Finale’s Default settings unless
you do not care to keep these settings (readily) available.)
- Open the destination document. You will
be moving the settings to this document.
- From the Document menu, choose Document Options
and select Load Library. When Finale warns you all current settings will
be reset, click Yes. The Load Library dialog box appears.
- Choose the Document Options library you want
to use and click Open. Choose the one you saved earlier to apply
those settings. All parameters in the Document Options dialog box update
to the library file’s settings.
To have more control over transporting
and applying many settings, including Document Options, page format, and
layout, use the FinaleScript plug-in. If there is a “house style” you
need to apply to multiple documents, this is the method to use. Finale
includes several preset scripts that allow you to transport these settings.
- Move the source and destination files into
the same folder. FinaleScript is capable of processing any number
of files in a folder. All files in this folder will be processed.
- Open the document containing the settings you
want to transfer.
- From the Plug-ins menu, choose Miscellaneous,
and then FinaleScript Palette. The FinaleScript palette appears.
- Scroll down and double-click “Import House
Style”. The Script Editor appears. Here you can view and edit the
commands. It is already setup to copy Document Options and Page Format
(for score) from the active document and paste to all documents in the
same folder. For a complete list of FinaleScript commands, see FinaleScript.
- Make any desired changes and click Save and
Close. You return to the FinaleScript Palette.
- Click the Play button in the FinaleScript palette.
FinaleScript processes each document in the folder and applies settings
from the source document. The source document is left unchanged. See FinaleScript™
plug-in.
