hide empty staves
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See the last page of the attached file. Thanks.
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The culprit is the Piano staff group.
If you examine the Group Attributes for the Piano staff group, then you will see that the pop up menu
When Hiding Empty Staves
is set to
Only Hide If All Staves Empty
Instead, choose
Hide Normally
If you examine the Group Attributes for the Piano staff group, then you will see that the pop up menu
When Hiding Empty Staves
is set to
Only Hide If All Staves Empty
Instead, choose
Hide Normally
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What he is saying is the way you have it set up, the bass staff is part of the music. So even though there aren't any notes in it, it won't hide.
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I thought I got it but I don't. I have a treble and bass, and I wish to hide the bass staff. So
I highlight the bass staff, select "hide normally" and still nothing happens.
I highlight the bass staff, select "hide normally" and still nothing happens.
Peter Thomsen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:34 amThe culprit is the Piano staff group.
If you examine the Group Attributes for the Piano staff group, then you will see that the pop up menu
When Hiding Empty Staves
is set to
Only Hide If All Staves Empty
Instead, choose
Hide Normally
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See attachment, meas.54.
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You can read all about it in the manual
http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm
but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.
http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm
but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.
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Thanks for your comment. I followed your link to the manual and found extensive
articles about groups, seemingly very detailed, but could not find anywhere a definition of
the word "group" in the context of Finale. I assume they don't mean Systems or
Staves. The word "group" has many definitions depending on context, and I did
see articles on how to group staves, remove groups, etc. And they do discuss how
to do various tasks. But I still have no idea what is meant by "group" in the context of
Finale. This is frustrating because I would like to follow your suggestion regarding
"ossia" but I don't know how to proceed.
articles about groups, seemingly very detailed, but could not find anywhere a definition of
the word "group" in the context of Finale. I assume they don't mean Systems or
Staves. The word "group" has many definitions depending on context, and I did
see articles on how to group staves, remove groups, etc. And they do discuss how
to do various tasks. But I still have no idea what is meant by "group" in the context of
Finale. This is frustrating because I would like to follow your suggestion regarding
"ossia" but I don't know how to proceed.
motet wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:08 amYou can read all about it in the manual
http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm
but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.
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musicus wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:50 pmThanks for your comment. I am a pianist and composer and have been using Finale
for many years. I followed your link to the manual and found extensive
articles about groups, seemingly very detailed, but could not find anywhere a definition
of the word "group" in the context of Finale. I assume they don't mean Systems or
Staves. The word "group" has many definitions depending on context, and I did
see articles on how to group staves, remove groups, etc. And they do discuss how
to do various tasks. But I still have no idea what is meant by "group" in the context of
Finale. Nor do they provide a visual example of a "group," at least I couldn't find one.
This is frustrating because I would like to follow your suggestion regarding
"ossia" but I don't know how to proceed.
motet wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:08 amYou can read all about it in the manual
http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm
but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.