If it's already in pdf format I bring it up in Adobe reader and use the snapshot tool. I put a box around just the music I want and get rid of any extra margins.

I then paste it in Microsoft Office Publisher and decrease it's size (in most cases, or increase it if needed which means a lesser quality reproduction sometimes) to fit the template from left to right. I then just stretch it down from about what looks like an inch on the template to all the way down to the bottom of the template, depending on how it ends up looking.

I then print it using PDF Creator, a free pdf tool. This saves it as a pdf file. If it's more than 2 pages, I use PDF Split & Merge, another free program which does just as the title suggests. In this case I'd merge the 2 pages.

If I scan a sheet of music, I do it at 300 dpi grayscale. I do it by going through Microsoft Office Publisher, Insert>Picture>Scanner. It will be processed and show up in Office Publisher in an oversized format. I then size it as stated above.

I am sure that if you don't have Microsoft Publisher that there are free programs that will do the same thing that you could find at cnet.com or sourceforge.com.

There are other programs you can use to annotate and other things, all of them free.

Hope this helps.

Scott

P.S. Bernie, I notiece how clear your original was you sent me. I wonder if you could tell us how you get it looking this clear and good.

Thanx