Jef,
No one would disagree with the sentiment upon which you base the question
why not just do it right from the beginning?
The problem only becomes evident when one considers the number of times
different individuals, whether or not on this list, cannot agree upon
what exactly what is involved in "doing it right".
what i said was that if there are eventually any changes to the
distance between the two staves (which might be necessary in doing the
layout at some point) and he'll have to adjust the bracket manually.
The particular set of circumnstances in George's situation is this:
there was ONE staff in his original file. What George was trying to do
was to assign each of the last two measures of the same staff to a
different system, and create a "group" across the two systems. I know
this because George was kind enough to forward me his original file.
Thus, the distance between two staves (in the same system) does not come
to play in this particular instance. Applying the principle of your
statement, it is true that if George adjusts the distance between the
staves, he'll have to adjust the brace manually. However, in his
original file, the only way that George can adjust the distance between
the staves is to adjust the distance between the systems.
why should you encourage him to make a kludge for something that works
perfectly, that's just twisted. save the kludge solutions for when
they are really needed (it'll come, george, don't worry!)
I most emphatically did not encourage George to make a kludge. My
recommendation to George was to add a second staff, move the last
measure of the first staff to the next to last measure of the second,
remove the now empty last measure; create a group of the two staves,
assigning them the brace, optimize the systems so only the last measure
of the second shows in page view, directly below the formerly next to
last measure (now the last measure) of the first staff, and optimize the
systems to remove the empty measures in page view. In my view, this is
the most effective way to use Finale to solve the issue he had. For the
sake of completeness I did suggest a work-around, just in case there was
an issue I was not aware of which prevented George from using my first
choice of way to accomplish what he was trying to do.
There is nothing wrong with what you suggested, beyond the fact that
since there was only one staff in George's original file, it would not
work. In other circumnstances, I would have suggested the solution you
did. Regrettably, it won't work in George's. If you wish, George (and
I, since I still have the original of the file he forwarded to me) can
send you a copy of the file so he can inspect it yourself.
ns
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