- Click the Selection tool   and select a region. 
 See Selecting 
 music for some region-selecting shortcuts. and select a region. 
 See Selecting 
 music for some region-selecting shortcuts.
- Choose Edit > Edit Filter. The 
 Edit Filter dialog box appears.
- Check Lyrics (only). Click OK.   
- 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 OPTION–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.