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How do I write music symbols and staves in Word?
I need to insert my own musical examples in a curriculum project I am doing
for my school district. I know there is a template of staves, but I need to put a variety of notes and symbols on the staff. Can I cut a paste from a notation program such as FINALE. If so , how? Thank you |
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How do I write music symbols and staves in Word?
Word doesn't do music notation, mostly because it's very difficult to
position characters on top of one another. You'd be pretty much reduced to using the drawing toolbar objects to draw the notation, and it would be painfully slow. You probably can use notation software, one way or another. What it would require depends on the capabilities of the notation program. If it can export or print or save notation as a text-like file (possibly ..RTF) or as a graphic file (JPG or GIF), that can be brought into a Word document with either Insert File or Insert Picture From File. If the notation program doesn't have any such options (for example, I have NoteWorthy Composer, which doesn't do any of those things), you can use a capture program such as SnagIt (www.techsmith.com). SnagIt includes a printer driver that can convert the selected notation to GIF, JPG, or PDF format, which you can then include in the Word document. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:43:01 -0700, elibra3 wrote: I need to insert my own musical examples in a curriculum project I am doing for my school district. I know there is a template of staves, but I need to put a variety of notes and symbols on the staff. Can I cut a paste from a notation program such as FINALE. If so , how? Thank you |
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How do I write music symbols and staves in Word?
elibra3 wrote: I need to insert my own musical examples in a curriculum project I am doing for my school district. I know there is a template of staves, but I need to put a variety of notes and symbols on the staff. Can I cut a paste from a notation program such as FINALE. If so , how? Thank you Finale does have the ability to do this. In Finale, first switch to Page View. Then select the Graphics tool (this is on the advanced tools palette which you can turn on from the Window menu). Double click and drag on the page, holding the mouse button down as you drag, to create a selection box around the area that you want to export. Then go to the Graphics menu Export Selection. Choose the TIF file option and have it prompt you for the name of the file. Click OK, then give the file a name and place it some place that's easy to find (like the desktop). Next, in Word go to the Insert menu Picture From File. Select the file you saved and open it. |
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How do I write music symbols and staves in Word?
Thank you! You were right on target. Justed wanted to thank you for responding.
" wrote: elibra3 wrote: I need to insert my own musical examples in a curriculum project I am doing for my school district. I know there is a template of staves, but I need to put a variety of notes and symbols on the staff. Can I cut a paste from a notation program such as FINALE. If so , how? Thank you Finale does have the ability to do this. In Finale, first switch to Page View. Then select the Graphics tool (this is on the advanced tools palette which you can turn on from the Window menu). Double click and drag on the page, holding the mouse button down as you drag, to create a selection box around the area that you want to export. Then go to the Graphics menu Export Selection. Choose the TIF file option and have it prompt you for the name of the file. Click OK, then give the file a name and place it some place that's easy to find (like the desktop). Next, in Word go to the Insert menu Picture From File. Select the file you saved and open it. |