Question: I'm on Finale Print Music 2014 and want to purchase the full blown Finale program. Will I still be able to read the music I've written on Finale Print Music on the upgraded Finale?
1) All the (same year) siblings in the Finale family use the same file format.
However, there are differences between the version years (not between the siblings of the same version year).
2) The Finale file format has always been upwards compatible.
A newer version can always open documents created in an older version.
3) The older version years 2012 and earlier (of Finale, PrintMusic &.) used the .mus file format which was not downwards compatible so that e. g. a 2011 version (of Finale, PrintMusic &c.) could not open .mus files in 2012 format.
Downwards compatibility was a feature requested for many years.
4) With version year 2014 came the new .musx file format which is downwards compatible so that version 2014 can open documents created in later versions (e. g. documents created in Finale v25).
PrintMusic can be upgraded to full 64-bit Finale 25.3 for $99 before Monday April 3.
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