PDF batch export in Finale

1. Open a random file.
2. Go to the menu: File > Export > PDF...
3. Save the PDF file where you would like the script below to save the PDF files.

Now Finale "knows" where you want the PDF files to be saved.

Go to the menu:
Plug-ins > FinaleScript > Options...

1. Put a check mark in front of the line I have marked in yellow in the illustration above.
2. Click on "Select" to choose which folder to process (Source location)
   (The files are saved where you last saved a PDF file, so there is no need to select a destination.)
3. Click "Save and Close".

Some changes must now be made to the script we will use. Go to the menu:
Plug-ins > FinaleScript > FinaleScript palette... > Batch Process:

1. Click on "Batch save as Graphic".
2. Click on the icon:    to make a copy of the script.
3. Double-click the copy to edit it.

Make the above changes in the Batch Print script.
Put a check mark next to "Show in Menu", so you can later find the script more easily in the menu: Plug-ins > FinaleScript
Also give it a new name.

Two slashes // in front of a command or text hide it from the script's execution (Run Script).
For example I have turned off conversion of subfolders with "// and subfolders".
If you turn on "Batch process subfolders", PDF files from all the folders will be in one folder, even if they originate from many different folders.
I recommend that you work with one folder at a time and that you export the PDF files to the same folder as the originals.

If you want to make a test-run, before you batch process an entire folder with lots of files, you could use a folder with only two or three files in it. If it works just fine, you are good to go.

Click "Run Script" to test if the script works.
 

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