At 04:13 PM 2/18/2007, Carl Dershem wrote:
>Okay - a friend of mine has just gotten Finale, and is ueing 2006. I
>still use 2004. Isn't the .ETF format supposed to allow me to read
>stuff he sends me?
Well, not *really*.
> So har I just get "incompatible format" messages.
>
>Any hints (other than to upgrade)?
A somewhat workable method has been outlined here before. Basically,
what you should do is start a new file in Fin2004 and save as ETF.
Open it up in a text editor, and compare it to the ETF your friend
sends you from Fin2006. I think what you need to do is copy the first
bunch of lines from the 2004 file (starting with ^header, ending with
a blank line) and paste it in place of the corresponding bunch of
lines in the Fin2006 file. This should allow you to open the Fin2006
file, although not all details will be preserved.
I think you might have better luck using MusicXML to go back and
forth, but I'm not up on the various permutations. Perhaps Michael
Good will chime in.
Aaron.
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