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mrddrb
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Post by mrddrb » Mon May 29, 2017 11:17 pm

I use finale 2014.5

I would like the option in an orchestral score to add an extra staff for dividing the first violins,
and hide the extra staff when not needed.

I searched the forum, google, and my finale documentation for help, without success so far.
Is there an instructions list someone could point me toward?


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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Tue May 30, 2017 4:16 am

You must add the extra staff to the entire document, but you can use the Staff Tool to hide the staff from Page View where you do not need it.
The staff will still be visible everywhere in Scroll View.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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Post by MikeHalloran » Tue May 30, 2017 4:20 am

Type Show Hide Staff in the User Manual to find many pages on this subject.
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mrddrb
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Post by mrddrb » Tue May 30, 2017 5:11 pm

Thanks for the assistance! I will try these suggestions out.

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