Thank you Arthur.
   In fact chatting to an IT person earlier today they suggested GIMP
   which seems to be much used for art work etc but they thought might
   also be useful to move blocks of musical systems around. I've
   downloaded it (it's free!) but the operation of the software isn't
   obvious so I'll have to find precious time to understand it - unless my
   son (now a Seattle resident) can explain it all to me when I next chat
   with him...
   Incidentally, Finale does have a free 'Notepad' version but this seems
   very limited and unable (I think) to do the sort of cut and paste I had
   in mind. Previously I've simply run off a photocopy and by using some
   large paper shears and glue made a physical paste up - but the 160+
   pages of the mass rather put me off this traditional technique - hence
   the search for a digital alternative.
   regards
   Martyn
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: AJN <[email protected]>
   To: [email protected]; [email protected];
   [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
   Cc: [email protected]
   Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 15:14
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: Creating a short score from pdf full score
     You might start with one of the OMR (Optical Music Recognition)
     programs.  I've never used this process, but a publisher
     did reformat a page that I submitted in *.pdf format.  He downloaded
     the resulting file into a music notation program
     and re-edited it.
     See [1][1]http://www.music-notation.info/en/compmus/omr.html
     Do let us know how you solved the problem you presented us.  It might
     be useful for others.
     On 10/05/16, MJ Hodgson<[2][2][email protected]> wrote:
     Thanks Bruno - sounds like a good idea.
     I don't have Finale on my PC but will search for a, hopefully, free
     version.
     Martyn
     __________________________________________________________________
     From: Bruno Figueiredo <[3][3][email protected]>
     Sent: 04 October 2016 16:13
     To: Martyn Hodgson
     Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Creating a short score from pdf full score
     Dear Martyn,
     Another solution would be to import a pdf using the Finale program.
   The
     file will be converted to Finale and you will be able to do anything
     with it.
     Regards.
     2016-10-04 4:57 GMT-03:00 Martyn Hodgson
     <[1][4][4][email protected]>:
     Dear David and Bruno,
     Many thanks for this.
     I've looked at Partifi now: it seems mostly to have been designed to
     produce individual parts from a full score although there does seem
   to
     be the facility to combine some. But the need to have to label every
     line and specify a part on every single page might make the whole
   thing
     a bit labourious for what I wish to do. eg a 165 page full score with
     up to 30 independent parts/lines to cut and paste into a short score
   of
     just four principal lines would seem to take a long time to achieve -
     unless I've missed some easier facility within Partifi.
     But many thanks
     Martyn
     __________________________________________________________________
     From: David van Ooijen <[2][5][5][email protected]>
     To: MJ Hodgson <[3][6][6][email protected]>
     Cc: Lute NET <[4][7][7][email protected]>
     Sent: Monday, 3 October 2016, 15:18
     Subject: [LUTE] Re: Creating a short score from pdf full score
     My mistake. Here's the correct link
     [1][5][8][8]http://partifi.org/
     David
     On Monday, 3 October 2016, David van Ooijen
     <[2][6][9][9][email protected]> wrote:
     Partify com or org, don't know).
     On Monday, 3 October 2016, MJ Hodgson
     <[1][3][7][10][10][email protected]>
     wrote:
     I'd be grateful for advice on the best (free) software for
     creating a
     new short score from an existing pdf full score. What I
     mean is
     being
     able to copy two or three principal lines and the bass onto
     a new
     pdf page of, say, a 30 part mass which already exists as
     a pdf
     .
     I presume there's some where one can scroll over a line,
     copy it
     and
     paste onto a new pdf and so, by digitally cutting and
     pasting,
     create a
     new short score more useful to a theorbo player who finds
     dealing
     with
     page turns every few bars not really practicable (unlike
     keyboard
     where
     the right hand can turn).
     MH
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