Scanned? With what and how did you import the file?

Music-to-XML,  exported to Finale as xml

Are you familiar with the Shift Lyrics option (available via the Lyrics menu or Lyrics Edit Panel?

This would allow you to shift a lyric chain left or right one syllable at a time.

In some places erasing and reassigning the lyrics may be more convenient.

Yes,   but unless I'm doing it wrong, it isn't working.  I am selecting a syllable and using that key but nothing is happening... 

the dialog box comes up but does not shift anything 

I hope this will help you deal with your situation. You bring the box up to choose left or right. Then you click on a note as follows.

Once you choose a direction. You can choose multiple locations to move different sections of the lyrics without going back to the direction box (unless you need to change the direction of the shift).

Sometimes, if it's just wrong, it may be easier to edit the text manually.

Double-click on the bit of text. When you do this, the Lyrics menu will change to Type into Score and the cursor will change to the text. Now you can edit the syllable, cut, copy, delete etc. If you delete the syllable, any hyphens that follow should disappear. Type the correct syllable and hit the Space Bar—the correct number of hyphens should enter automatically as you move to the next note. If you have multiple layers going on, show the one you're working in to make this easier.

>Music-to-XML,  exported to Finale as xml<

I see that now in your profile. If everyone does this, it makes identifying problems and answering questions  easier for everyone. Thanks!

I do not have Music-to-XML but I do have SmartScore X2 Pro, also by Musitek. There are a number of differences but only a few where Finale 25 is concerned. The big one is that you can edit the scans in SS2P before export and you can't in Music-to-XML. That's neither good nor bad except that some users prefer to edit in SS2P first. As for me, sometimes I edit in one or the other.

Those who have looked at both apps do not give higher marks to either regarding the quality of the scans. Musitek does have a Facebook page—I've received some good advice now and then.

https://www.facebook.com/pdftomusic/?ref=br_rs

It sounds to me like you don't have the correct verse/chorus/section or number selected. Music XML will assign these things almost anywhere, which is a bit of a pain.

Fortunately, you don't have to search endlessly. The Selection Tool is your friend. In the Selection Tool, if you double click on an item, Finale will switch to the tool that created that item. In the case of lyrics, it will automatically switch to the correct verse/chorus and number for you as well. Now your edits should take effect.

Scanning often assigns text and lyrics incorrectly. Often, the fastest way to fix it (in my experience) is to delete the lyrics (or scan without them) and re-enter them as they should be.

Can one scan without lyrics in Music-to-XML? I don't have it so I don't know.

No. So I would do the scan, put it into Finale, and then, if they are bad, delete them.

Just another reason to go with the full scanning package!

>No. So I would do the scan, put it into Finale, and then, if they are bad, delete them.

Just another reason to go with the full scanning package!<

As you know, I'm a member of the choir on that issue. Amen!