Yes, I've tried it myself. Here are my steps (Finale Mac 2003a):

- Create a new document without libraries: you get one measure, treble clef.
- Add a few measures.
- Create a staff style where the only option checked is "First Clef", set to alto clef.
- Apply the staff style to the first measure.
- The treble clef in the first measure changes to an alto clef.

Try following exactly the steps above. If the clef correctly changes (as it does for me) when you started with an empty document without libraries, the problem must be coming from your default document, or the template you're using. You could try re-installing the Maestro Default file.

If the problem persists, even when you start with a new document without libraries, it seems like a bug specific to the version of Finale that you're using.

Michael Cook

At 10:26 -0500 11/02/2003, James wrote:
On 11 Feb 2003 at 9:14, Michael Cook wrote:

 1. create a staff style where "First Clef" is set to alto.
 2 apply the style.
 ?
 When you apply the style to the first measure, the clef should change
 to alto. If it doesn't, maybe the staff has another clef chosen in
 "Set to Clef" in the Transposition part. Or maybe the staff style
 itself has another clef chosen in "Set to Clef".
I'm just wondering if you've actually tried this yourself? Does it
actually work? I have *no* transpositions in effect and although I'm
not 100% sure what you mean by the last sentence, I'm pretty sure it
doesn't. No matter what boxes I check or uncheck in the define staff
styles dialog, if the 'first clef' box - upper left - is set to *any*
clef other than what the staff currently is, *NOTHING* happens when I
apply the staff style. (As to all the other options in the define
staff style dialog, I've left them in their default check-greyed
except the transposition which I turned OFF  - no check at all). You
would think that applying the staff style would change the staff to
the desired clef. I haven't checked with Coda as I wanted to see if
this was a known problem or if anyone else could actually do what I
want to do. It takes about 30 seconds to do. Anyone actually get it
to work?

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