There's a way to do it (in page view), but it is a bit confusing, and I always have to look it up in the doc pages.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm hoping someone has figured out an efficient way of dealing with group > names in recent versions of Finale (2011 and 2012). > > For instance, if I want to customize the positioning of a group name on a > single system, in the middle of the score -- let's say from mm.250-255 of a > 500-measure score -- the only way I can see to do that is: > > 1) Edit the group attributes and switch from "All Measures" to Measures 1 > to 249. > > 2) Add a new group, from measures 250-255, re-enter the abbreviated staff > name, click the "Position" checkbox, and enter the desired custom > positioning. > > 3) Add a *third* group, from measures 256 to 500, that has the same > abbreviated staff name and positioning as the first group. > > This procedure gets *really* tiresome very quickly, especially if you need > a lot of custom group name positioning. > > Isn't there some way to move a group name on a single system only, without > affecting the rest of the score? This used to be quite simple in earlier > versions of Finale, before they got rid of the "Optimize" feature. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
