Adding a staff part of the way through

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Steven
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Post by Steven » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:16 pm

New forum user here, but have been using Finale since 2018.

I have a piece of music that I'm working on that requires a new staff (bass and treble clefs) to start later in the music. Have tried searching Google, the Finale Forum and trying different things to no avail. So, how do I add another staff to a piece of music that shows up sometime after the first measure?


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motet
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Post by motet » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:33 pm

The staff has to be there through the whole piece but you can hide it until you need it. In the Staff tool, select the unwanted portion of the staff and pick Hide Empty Staves from the staff menu. If you want it to start in the middle of a system, you can cut away the first part with the "Cutaway" staff style.

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Post by Steven » Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:23 pm

Thanks! I'll give that a go!

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