Group name positioning per system
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:52 am
Is there any way to position group names on a per-system basis?
I have a group of three clarinets. Most of the time clarinet 3 is on bass, so I position the group name 'Cl.' midway between clarinets 1 and 2, which is fine. But when clarinet 3 switches to regular clarinet I want the group name in the middle of the group, i.e., next to the number 2. But I can't, easily.
This can also be a problem even where there's no doubling involved: I also have a group of three trumpets, with the group name 'Tpt.' centred next to the 2. But if on any given system the spacing between the staves is uneven (maybe just tpt.2 needs extra space for a muting instruction, for example), the group name is then slightly out, which looks really crap.
The only way I can find to deal with this is to set up separate groups to cover limited measure ranges, with different name positions, but this seems incredibly clumsy. Is there no other way to position these damn things on a per-system basis?
I'm a long time, albeit very intermittent, Finale user and I don't remember running into this problem in the past. Is this another thing they've 'improved', like the inability to move a staff higher than the one above it? (This gives problems when flute 3 doubles on piccolo, for example — you want the piccolo at the top.)
I have a group of three clarinets. Most of the time clarinet 3 is on bass, so I position the group name 'Cl.' midway between clarinets 1 and 2, which is fine. But when clarinet 3 switches to regular clarinet I want the group name in the middle of the group, i.e., next to the number 2. But I can't, easily.
This can also be a problem even where there's no doubling involved: I also have a group of three trumpets, with the group name 'Tpt.' centred next to the 2. But if on any given system the spacing between the staves is uneven (maybe just tpt.2 needs extra space for a muting instruction, for example), the group name is then slightly out, which looks really crap.
The only way I can find to deal with this is to set up separate groups to cover limited measure ranges, with different name positions, but this seems incredibly clumsy. Is there no other way to position these damn things on a per-system basis?
I'm a long time, albeit very intermittent, Finale user and I don't remember running into this problem in the past. Is this another thing they've 'improved', like the inability to move a staff higher than the one above it? (This gives problems when flute 3 doubles on piccolo, for example — you want the piccolo at the top.)