How to get there
From the Plug-ins Menu, choose Lyrics,
then select Extract Lyrics.
What it does
The Extract Lyrics plug-in allows you to
save the lyrics in your file to a text file. These lyrics could then be
imported into a word processor for spell-checking or sent to a lyricist
for collaborations. You may choose to extract all lyrics, all lyrics
of a specified type, or any single lyric of a specified type.
- All
Lyrics · Verse/Chorus/Section Number · All Verses/Choruses/Sections.
Choose which lyric or lyrics to extract from the current score. When Verse
Number, Chorus Number or Section Number is chosen, the text box and arrow
items become enabled. Use the up or down arrow keys to change the selected
number or type directly into the box.
- Remove
Hyphens and Underscores. When this checkbox is selected, the extraction
process will strip normal hyphens and underscores out of the text before
saving it to the text file.
- Include
Labels. When this checkbox is selected, the plug-in will add a
label for each lyric of each type to be extracted. The label will appear
on a line by itself in the following form:
Verse_Lyric:
1
The digit indicates the number of the lyric
which has been extracted.
- Linebreaks
After Sentence End. When checked, this feature will add linebreaks
after punctuation marks, such as periods, question marks, and semi-colons.
If you have already formatted your lyrics in the Edit Lyrics dialog box,
you may wish to leave this option unchecked.
- Info
· Extract · Close. Click Info for more information about the author
of this plug-in. Click Extract to extract the lyrics to a text file. Finale
will prompt for a name and folder to save the resulting text file. Click
Close to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.
