Duplicate Staff Attributes

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geleybou
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Post by geleybou » Tue Nov 10, 2020 6:47 pm

Hello,

Is there a way to quickly duplicate the staff attributes from one staff to another? For example, I've got everything set up exactly the way I want it for a 5-line banjo tab and want to transfer over all of those settings I've tweaked into a 6-line guitar tab. When I change the instrument in the score manager, I lose all of those tweaks.

Thanks,

PS. And yes, this is in the same document.


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zuill
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Post by zuill » Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:16 pm

There is a plugin called Global Staff Attributes, but I don't think all the settings are there. I know the setting for stems isn't (stem direction, how they attach to noteheads, etc.).

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Anders Hedelin
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Post by Anders Hedelin » Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:16 pm

Could you use a Staff Style? Staff > Define staff styles > New etc.
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And instead of copying anything, just apply the staff style to where you want it? (Staff > Select measures > Apply Staff Style To...)
Finale 26.3, 27.4.1
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