My Google search terms were: Finale 2012 modify staff groups on one system
which put me 2 clicks away from: awww.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/Finale2012Win/Content/Finale/Brackets_Staves6.htm On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I wasn't able to find instructions for doing this on a system-by-system > basis in the documentation. Do you remember what you searched for? > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 3 Oct 2012, at 7:07 PM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
