On 3/16/2012 3:37 PM, Peter Taylor wrote: > From: "David H. Bailey" > >> What you do is to create the 3rd staff, which Finale will only allow for >> the entire work. >> >> Then you optimize the file and be sure to check the option to remove >> empty staves. This will remove all the staves except for the sytem (or >> systems) where you have notes entered on that >> 3rd staff. >> >> Then you use Staff Styles for any empty measures on that remaining staff >> because they are on the same system or systems which have the 3 measures >> with music in them. > > What about the Ossia tool, isn't this what it's meant for? > > I had so many problems with it in the early days I've never used since, but > you're not going to tell me they haven't fixed it yet are you?? :) >
I haven't worked with the Ossia tool in forever, either, because people constantly have reported problems with it. I just tried it, and as always, you need to add extra measures to the end of the score to serve as the source for the music which will be in the ossia measures. the Ossia tool doesn't work like I think it should which is to simply add a blank measure above the measure you indicate, and allow you to enter what you want in it. Nope, the Ossia tool is one of those black holes of Finale that simply remain because it's easier to leave them than to fix them or remove them. The answer to the problem is to add the 3rd staff, add the music to the two measures where it's needed, tell the staff tool to hide the empty staves and then use a staff style to hide any empty measures. (I was wrong initially -- they took out the "optimize" function and moved it to the Staff Tool where it's more clearly labeled "hide empty staves".) -- David H. Bailey [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
