How can I hide a courtesy time signature?
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- Djard
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I'm writing a group of fingering exercises in different keys and can disable automatic courtesy times signatures, but the Finale manual does not show how to remove existing courtesy times signatures. Is there a way to remove the existing ones?
- motet
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I'm not sure why changing the option doesn't turn them all off--you haven't turned off Automatic Update Layout have you (don't)? But there's a measure-tool option to do it on a per-measure basis.
- Djard
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I just spent 20 minutes looking for "Automatic Update Layout," and could not find it to check. A search of the near-useless manual yields no information. The setting is not in any of the drop-down menus. Can you direct me to where the setting is hidden?
- motet
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It's a program preference, but if you can't find it then presumably you didn't turn it off so I may be wrong that that's an issue. It was just a guess, since it can cause mysterious things to happen. Just typing Ctrl-U (update layout) will tell you if that's it, though.
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- motet
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I unchecked the "courtesy time signature" document options and the existing ones went away, so I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe you should post a picture or a file so we're sure we're talking about the same thing.
- meb
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Select all the measures you do not want to show a courtesy time signature.
Right-click.
Select Measure Attributes.
At the bottom, check "Hide cautionary clefs . . ."
Right-click.
Select Measure Attributes.
At the bottom, check "Hide cautionary clefs . . ."
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- Djard
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mebmus, your option works nicely. I always referred to these indications as "courtesy" key or time signatures. MakeMusic calls them "cautionary." For working with regions, the "Shift" key works OK. For select areas, I tried use of the "Ctrl" key, but MakeMusic decided not to follow the convention. But at least now I have more control. Thank you.