Excellent instructions, Noel.
I would add one thing:
Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
When files contain lyrics, I have had the best luck when I did not try
to merge the lyrics by this method. Based upon my experience, if I
were called upon to do this, between step 2 and 3 above, I would
delete all of the lyrics from the target file (remember, the target
file is a copy, so I still have the original). Then after the files
were merged, I would use the text editor of my choice, and manually
merge the lyrics from each lyric space separately in a scratch file by
copying the contents of verse 1 in the first source file to the
scratch file, then append the contents of verse 1 in the second file
to the contents of the scratch file, then copy the contents of the
scratch file to verse 1 of the target file, and use mass click
assignment to assign the lyrics [On the Windows platform, the
keystroke / mouse combination to do this is to use the mouse to
position the cursor in the note where the first lyric is to be, press
the shift key, and left click with the mouse.] for the verse. After
the lyrics are assigned this way, I use a combination of the "shift
lyrics" option of the lyrics tool, and "type into score", to move the
lyrics so that they lie under the appropriate note.
One could also try zapping all of the lyrics in the target file (go into
"edit lyrics" and erase them there), then copy the lyrics from the lyric
staves in each both source files onto the same staves in the target
file. (Change the filter under "Edit" if necessary.). I believe you
will keep formatting, etc, and only have to adjust some baselines.
(This is off the top of my head, which is pretty round and doesn't hold
things very steadily, so I could be way off.)
Raymond Horton
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