by Justin Phillips
30. September 2010 05:09
Need to share a Finale score with a collaborator who doesn’t own Finale? You could simply send your Finale file. By downloading the free Finale Reader anyone can view, play and print any Finale file you share.
But perhaps your collaborator doesn’t need to hear your file play back. Or maybe you’d like to share a version of your score that cannot be edited in Finale NotePad or other MakeMusic products. These are two situations when you might prefer to share a PDF file of your score.
PDF’s can be easily created on both Mac and PC, and can be created directly from Finale. If you are using a Mac, the PDF printing functionality is built into the operating system. Just navigate to the File Menu, select Print, click the PDF option, and then select “Save as PDF.”
If you are using a PC, PDF creation software is needed. Once PDF creation software is installed you select it just as you would a printer, but instead of printing to a page it prints a file. While Windows doesn’t include a PDF creator, there are several free and open source options available for download. CutePDF, PDF Creator, and PDF995 are all great choices, and have roughly the same features.
Once you’ve chosen and installed a PDF creator, you may wish to refer to this Knowledge Base article we’ve created that covers the steps to creating PDF files on Windows.
Have any questions or comments on creating PDF files? Please comment below!
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