Remove vertical line joining systems

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carlintn
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Post by carlintn » Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:36 pm

Hello all, I scanned some music into PM and it read it fairly well, except that some of the piano lines were separated into individual parts, which made it skip over some sections. I joined the two supposed-to-be piano staves with a brace, but it is still showing as a harmony part to the other piano part on the page. How do I remove the vertical line connecting the systems? (I tried to paste a screenshot here but it wouldn't paste; how to do this?)

Also, two of the parts it gives different names to...sometimes they are parts 2 or 3, other pages they are parts 6 and 7. How do I change this? Thanks!


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Post by miker » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:24 pm

You are learning why most of us don't scan. By the time you find and correct the errors, you might as well have entered the notes correctly.

As a first suggestion, add a piano staff (Staff menu>New Staves...), and copy the scanned piano staves into it. That should take care of most of the problems. Delete the old staves.
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carlintn
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Post by carlintn » Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:40 am

Thanks for the response. I did try adding a piano staff, but maybe I could look a little harder at the copy-and-delete thing.

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