What sort of editing?

- wrong notes?

You can copy/paste the music.

- layout?

Do you know Jari Williamson’s plug-in JW Copy Part Layout?

layout...

does the Jary plugin work between different files?

… does the Jari plugin work between different files? …

Yes.

You can find answers to all your questions about Jari’s plug-ins here:

https://www.finaletips.nu/

Quoting from the web site, from the description of JW Copy Part Layout:

“The window (where the source part is selected) is modeless, so it can be open while moving between different parts (or documents).”

if I open my source part it doesnt see it in the selection window, only if I open the source file as a score...

is it correct?

Sorry about the late reply.

By your words “selection window” you mean the plug-in window - right?

I am unable to reproduce the problem you describe (… only if I open the source file as a score …).

When I view a linked part, and open the plug-in, I can see the part I view (= the target part) in the top of the plug-in window.

Below I can see a list of the other linked parts, and tell the plug-in, from which source part the plug-in should copy part layout to the target part (= the part I am currently viewing).

JW Copy Part Layout was developed 7 years ago, and it seems that the plug-in is not fully compatible with my current Mac OS version.

Now - for me - the plug-in window only works for copying part layout between different parts in the same Finale document (not between different Finale documents).

You could ask Jari, whether JW Copy Part Layout will get updated to, in newer Mac OS versions copy part layout between different Finale documents.

It is exactly what happened to me… strange also because now this plugin is part of Finale itself