You have to choose one group at a time and select exactly the bars and staves you want a separate group in. At least that's how I got it to work. The group has to be not a Score Manager group. (But I got a different error when i was trying to split a Score Manager group.)
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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