Part names / group names / staff names

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vibesman
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Post by vibesman » Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:56 am

Hello everbody,

I wanted to remove the 2nd staff of a piano part, so I marked it with staff tool and erased.
My problem now is that by doing this, names in the linked parts changed automatically to Part 4 and [Staff4].
I searched for possibilities to change it, like in groups and brackets or changing it with text tool, but nothing helped so far or caused other issues.

Can anybody explain to me please how to manage part names, group names and staff names and how to link them with the parts correctly?

I have Finale 25 on Mac OS.

Thanks for your advice.


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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:57 pm

Take a look in the ScoreManager, in the chiclet Instrument List.

You can change the Part Name there (obviously you must select the piano staff first, in the Instrument List).
Look at the fields “Full Name” (= the name in the first system) and “Abbreviated Name” (= the name in all the other systems).
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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