On 14 Mar 2005 at 13:27, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:

> David W. Fenton wrote:
> 
> >However, what I'm producing for now is a usable bass part to play
> >from, with cues written in the 2nd soprano line. I then optimize to
> >remove empty staves and end up with a result that has mostly 2 lines,
> > but occasionally only the bass line.
> >
> >The problem is that the single staff has no left bar line or bracket,
> > and it makes it hard for me to recognize where the next system
> >begins when it's only a single system 
> >
> ...<snip>...
> 
> >I've drawn them in by hand on the part I'm playing from, but I would
> >like to know how to get them to show in the printed score. Is it
> >doable?
> 
> Just a thought, but what happens if you edit the group attributes so
> that the box next to "show group bracket if group contains only one
> staff" is checked?

The wrong bracket would display, as it's a continuo part with the 
right hand realization optimized out. A curly bracket is not what I 
want.

Johannes was right to suggest that I could create a group in page 
view that would bracket the single system.

But really, all I needed was to include the left barline on single 
staves, which completely solved my problem, even if it breaks the 
rules of the Great Gods of Music Engraving. 

I don't give a rat's ass about the rules when they make my scores 
less readable, and I"m glad Finale allows me to break those rules by 
simply changing the value of one little checkbox.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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