On further research, it appears JW Split Group will do exactly what you want, except it won't mess with a group that is owned by an multistaff instrument. (This is actually a wise precaution for a plugin to have.) Since you are trying to mess with the instrument names, you may have to put your groups in external to the Score Manager.
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Robert Patterson < [email protected]> wrote: > 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
