This affects the entire piece. How do I do this for only one bar?

On Feb 13, 2010, at 10:32 AM, Robert Patterson wrote:
> You can do this with groups as follows.
> 
> 1. For the entire group, set the "Draw Barlines" to "Only Between Staves".
> 
> 2. Add an unnamed group for the staves above the special staff with
> "Draw Barlines" set to "Through Staves".
> 
> 3. Add an unnamed group for the staves below the special staff with
> "Draw Barlines" set to "Through Staves".
> 
> Done.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Rich Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'd like to hide the bar line on one staff in a group in a large orchestral 
>> score. In other words, the instrument's staff will break the barline. I 
>> can't hide it using a staff style because I believe the group line  
>> overrides it.
>> 
>> A couple methods I can think of:
>> 1) Use an expression to white out the bar line. This seems to work well 
>> enough, but hard to get perfect and I'm picky.
>> 2) Overlay another staff and hide the measure in the old one. I've never 
>> done this sort of thing so I'm unsure of what pitfalls there might be.
>> 3) Hide the barline in this measure for all instruments and put in lines 
>> manually. Pain to keep adjusting while working out the layout & parts.
>> 
>> Has anyone else had to do this? Is there an easier way I'm missing?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Rich
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