Working with templates

Creating blank documents with common score settings.

It’s a good idea never to build any score configuration more than once—save any such template, with no music in it, so that you can open it the next time you need a similar system setup.

When you open a template document, PrintMusic opens the last two pages of the Setup Wizard where you can customize the template’s title, composer, time signature, key signature, and other settings. Upon finishing the Wizard, PrintMusic opens a new untitled document based on your settings (so you don’t accidentally change the original).

In your PrintMusic 2014/Music Files/Templates folder you’ll find several PrintMusic documents, each with staves in a particular instrumental configuration. These templates can save you time—just open a copy of a score setup you need, and start entering the music. Each of these templates, like the Maestro Font Default, have been defined to have sequential measure numbers, page numbers, and a sample title. Staves for the transposing instruments (e.g., clarinets, horns) have been set up to transpose automatically (see Transposing instruments). The following templates are available:

To preserve a blank original template while opening a duplicate to work on

1. Choose File > New > Document from Template. The Open dialog box appears, allowing you to choose a template.
2. Double-click the template you want to open and finish the Setup Wizard. When the document comes to the screen, it’s called Untitled. This technique achieves the same result as the Save As technique: it preserves the original template for future use, and brings an untitled copy to the screen.

To create a new blank template

1. Open any document and make the desired settings.

   For example, if you plan to compose a multi-movement flute piece, you might add some flute staves and create a flute quintet template.

2. When you’ve set up your score, choose File > Save As.
3. Name the file whatever you wish and save it to a memorable location, such as the Finale PrintMusic 2014/Music Files/Templates folder (see PrintMusic Installation Details for the exact location). Note that you can save the template file anywhere, and anytime you open it, PrintMusic will create a duplicate copy and leave the original template alone.
4. Use the "To preserve a blank original template while opening a duplicate to work on" instructions above any time you want to create a document from the new template.

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