Holy smokes, it worked. Thank you! Why this stuff isn't in the user manual is beyond me...not to mention why what worked in '02 no longer works in '10.
Best, Art Bailey www.artbailey.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] optimization hell If things are the same as they were when I changed to 2003, you will have to UNDO optimisation, then change the GROUP attributes (not staff attributes!) for the piano group to Optimize Normally, then optimise. If you try to change the group attributes AFTER you have optimised, they will not change, even though they will have appeared to change. This cost me a day once six years back, so I remember it very well. Christopher On Sun Apr 25, at SundayApr 25 7:33 PM, DANIEL CARNO wrote: > Hi Art, > > Check the Staff Attributes for each staff that you want to ditch to > see if > "Allow Optimization" is checked. > > Often this is left unchecked for keyboard staves since many do not > like to > see a single staff for piano. > > Good luck! > > Dan Carno > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of > Art Bailey > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 7:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Finale] optimization hell > > Hi Folks, > > > > First, I'd just like to say that I've been lurking for sometime, and > learning lots. I'm very glad this forum exists, and that everyone > here is so > civil and smart. > > > > Here's my question. I upgraded from Finale 2002 to 2010. I never > seem to > remember having any problem creating a piano score, and optimizing > in order > to remove empty staves.it was always something I took for granted. > Now, > choosing to optimize has absolutely no effect on the score, and I > can't > figure out what I'm doing wrong. > > > > I use the setup wizard to create a piano score (create new > ensemble>keyboard>piano>add), write my masterpiece, then simply go > into > Staff System Optimization as I've always done. "Remove empty > staves", and > "Keep at least one staff" is selected , as is "All systems of current > part/score". Nothing happens. I"ve played with choices in the staff > and > group attributes windows, with no luck. As an experiment, I created > my own > grand staff, bypassing the wizard, with the same outcome. Does > anyone have > any idea what's going on? > > > > > > Best, > > Art Bailey > > www.artbailey.org _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.14860) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
