Hiding unneeded Bars in parts

[wonder]

I'm a keyboardist/sax player.

I'm making an Xmas chart for a concert. I'm playing Organ for the entire tune but need about 8 bars of a Sax part.

I generated a part including the Organ staff and the Sax staff. But since the sax only comes in for 8 bars in the middle of the tune, is there a way to hide the unused Sax measures/staff until the measures where the sax part comes in?

[zuill]

Yes. With the Staff Tool, highlight the Sax staff and choose to Hide Empty Staves. Only the bars with notes should remain.

Zuill

[wonder]

Great. thanks.

And then i suppose I edit the Staff Systems with the Layout tool?

[zuill]

Since I can't see your file, I can't say. In my test, the system margins adjusted accordingly, so there was no extra space for the hidden staves.

Zuill

[wonder]

Ah. OK.

I had to do some pretty major surgery to get the chart to look right ... but I was able to accomplish what I was hoping to.

thanks!

[zuill]

One thing I do is to make sure the systems are locked before hiding staves.

Zuill