There is JW Split Groups, but I haven't done much with it yet, so I am not sure if it will help.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:35 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > While the solution Robert linked to is an improvement over how I'd been > doing things, it still requires me to: > > (A) delete and re-create instrument brackets wherever I want to > reposition a group name (on one system) > (B) delete and re-create the group name wherever I want to > reposition it (on one system) > > I don't suppose there is any way around this? In earlier versions of > Finale, group names were unlinked and moving them on one system only was a > simple matter of clicking and dragging. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 3 Oct 2012, at 8:05 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Robert, > > > > Many thanks! I found that entry, but the language talks only about > brackets, not group names. I didn't realize it would work for both! > > > > Cheers, > > > > - DJA > > ----- > > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > > > > > On 3 Oct 2012, at 7:54 PM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
