Chapter 3 Creating Your Music Portfolio; What Are Freehand Systems Music Files - FreeHand MusicPad Pro+ User Manual

Chapter 3
Creating Your Music Portfolio
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As you might guess, a digital music portfolio is a lot lighter to carry around than a
traditional parchment portfolio. But you may be asking, "What types of digital files do I
need, and where do I get them?" In this chapter we discuss how and where to get your
digital music portfolio.
In this chapter
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What are FreeHand Systems Music Files?

FreeHand Systems music files are music scores in FreeHand (.fh) format. You can start
your new FreeHand music portfolio by purchasing scores in FreeHand format at the
FreeHand Music Store at http://store.freehandsystems.com.
Other ways to create files in FreeHand format include:
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Go to http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html for information about:
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MusicPad User's Guide, Software Version 4.1
"What are FreeHand Systems Music Files?" on page 29
"How Do I Purchase Scores in FreeHand Format?" on page 30
"What's the Difference Between "Download" and "Download as Bitmap"?" on
page 32
"What Usage Rights Do I Have With Purchased Files?" on page 33
"How Do I Convert Digital Files to FreeHand Format?" on page 34
Converting Sibelius scores to FreeHand format
Converting Finale scores to FreeHand format
Converting PDF scores to FreeHand format
Converting scores from Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Graphics
Interchange Format (GIF), Portable Network Graphics (PNG), Tagged Image File
Format (TIFF), Bitmap (BMP), or PCX graphic formats to FreeHand (FH) format
Scanning printed sheet music
Printing from any program directly to FreeHand (Windows only)
Converting PDF scores into FreeHand format
Converting Finale or Sibelius scores into FreeHand format
Scanning scores into FreeHand format.
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