Importing

You can import files from Encore, Rhapsody, MIDISCAN and SmartScore into PrintMusic. You can import various elements into your PrintMusic documents from other programs.

To import Encore or Rhapsody files

PrintMusic can convert Encore 3.0 through 4.2.1 files and Rhapsody 1.0 files regardless of which platform was used to create them. PrintMusic will convert most items in your Encore file. The simpler the Encore file the less conversion issues you will have. If your file is more involved, it will take more time to convert and you may have more conversion issues. More information on the items PrintMusic will not convert, or modifies upon conversion is given in Encore Conversion.

• Click on the File Menu and choose Import. The Open dialog box appears.
• From the Files of Type Show popup list, choose Encore or Rhapsody file.
• Navigate to your Encore or Rhapsody file and double-click on the file. Your file is converted to a new, untitled PrintMusic file, based on the Encore Import Defaults file.
• From the File Menu, choose Save. Enter the new file name and save it as a Finale Notation File.

To import MIDISCAN or SmartScore files

PrintMusic can import MIDISCAN 2.5 MND files and SmartScore 1.3.1 or 2.0 FIN files, regardless of which platform was used to create them. PrintMusic will convert most items from your MIDISCAN or SmartScore files. As you compare your results, make sure that you compare PrintMusic’s output to that of MIDIScan’s MND file or SmartScore’s ENF file, not the original scanned TIFF file. See Scanning. See also Musitek's website at musitek.com.

• In MIDISCAN or SmartScore, save the file as an MND or FIN file, respectively.
• In PrintMusic, click on the File Menu and choose Import. The Open dialog box appears.
• From the Files of Type Show popup list, choose MIDISCAN or SmartScore file.
• Navigate to your FIN or MND file and double-click on the file. Your scanned file will be converted to a new untitled PrintMusic file, based on the SmartScore Default file.
• From the File Menu, choose Save. Enter the new file name and save it as a Finale Notation File.

To import a MIDI file

See MIDI files.

To open files from earlier versions of PrintMusic or other MakeMusic products

• From the File Menu, choose Open. Navigate to the file. Double-click on the file. PrintMusic opens and converts the older version’s document with an “Untitled” document, keeping the older document as a backup. If you want to save the file using the same name, choose Save As from the File Menu and specify a new name.