Hi Robert, JW Split Group looked promising in theory, but in practice, I get a "No groups were found" error.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 3 Oct 2012, at 9:56 PM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? 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