Swing tempo marks now import correctly when the metronome-relation element is empty.Individual page margins now import when the page-height and page-width elements are missing.Links now import with page-attached text blocks starting in Finale 2012.First endings no longer export a spurious ending line discontinuation with some ending settings.The start of repeat endings now import correctly, as they did in Version 7.0.Export no longer warns about hidden page-attached text blocks.
Instrument sounds are now exported for tablature instruments.Expressions and text blocks with mixed text and music symbols now import with better music symbol size and positioning.If more than one articulation maps to a MusicXML element, the one with auto note/stem side positioning is chosen for use during import.Font families for custom line text are now imported starting in Finale 2012.Default fonts for text blocks and lyrics are now imported as font document options starting in Finale 2012.MaestroTimes accidentals in part names are now exported more accurately.Single-note glissandos now import correctly when positioned before a note.Single-note slides now export and import with positioning.Rectangular enclosures are now imported for page-attached text blocks.Chord symbols now export more accurately, including symbols that use the Finale Numerics and Broadway Copyist Text Ext fonts.Non-arpeggiate symbols are now imported.The “Hide First Measure Number in Region” option is now supported during export.The MetTimes, AshMusic, LeeMusic, and RussMusic fonts are now supported during export.Version 7.2 also included the following features and fixes: Underscores are no longer stripped from hyperlinks during export.Import no longer fails when the default Finale document is not empty.Hidden text expressions with playback definitions no longer export a processing instruction about an unrecognized text expression.Instrument sounds are exported using SmartMusic options if the instruments are Unknown in the ScoreManager window.Hidden whole measure rests now export correctly in time signatures other than 4/4.Voice export is improved for single-staff parts that use layers 2, 3, and 4 exclusively and include measure rests.Import positioning is more accurate for rehearsal marks that are close to the left barline.Export and import now handle page-attached text using the part/score name insert, and MusicXML credits identified as a part name.When possible, they will import either as top staff only or with a named and editable staff list.
Import of endings and text repeats has been improved for easier editing in the score or linked parts.Linked parts can be generated after import. Import of tempo mark, tempo alteration, and rehearsal mark expressions has been improved for easier use with linked parts.Version 7.3 included the following features and fixes: