How Do I Convert Digital Files To Freehand Format; Scanning And Importing Files; Printing To Freehand (Windows Only); Converting Pdf Scores Into Freehand Format - FreeHand MusicPad Pro+ User Manual

How Do I Convert Digital Files to FreeHand Format?

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After playing with the score on your MusicPad Pro tablet, you find that the page turns
are too slow for you, so you decide to get the file in the traditional bitmap format. You
download it from the FreeHand Music store again, but this time you select "Download
as Bitmap". Then transfer the song to your MusicPad Pro tablet.
You can now view the file as a bitmap. And, if you still have the other file on your
MusicPad Pro tablet, you can use it to transpose the score.

Scanning and Importing Files

You can scan a printed score and save it in a graphic format, such as bitmap or JPEG,
then import it into FreeHand format. Likewise, you can import Finale or Sibelius scores
or PDF scores into MusicPad Manager and save them in FreeHand format.
Go to http://www.freehandsystems.com/support.html for information about:
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Converting PDF Scores into FreeHand Format

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Converting Finale or Sibelius Scores into FreeHand Format

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Scanning Scores into FreeHand Format.

Printing to FreeHand (Windows Only)

When you install MusicPad Manager on a Windows PC, a special printer is also
installed. This printer allows you to use the Print capability of any Windows
application to convert files to the FreeHand format.
Here is an example of how to use the printer
Enter a set of lyrics in text format using the NotePad application.
Click on the File menu.