Did you enter the notes via Speedy? If so, make sure Speedy Options>"Fill with Rests at End of Measure" is NOT checked. At times this can place whole rests in the empty measures which would not allow you to optimize a system.
Steve 10/31/07 2:05 AM, "Richard Huggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What am I not thinking of? > > Solo, Sop, Alto, Ten, Bass staves, part of a grouping. There are 6 > bars of rest, then only the men sing for awhile. So there are plenty > of empty staves. Nothing I've tried will cause them to optimize. > > * made sure all whole rests were default > > * checked the group attributes --saw that it said "Optimize Only If > All Staves Are Empty" Aha! I changed it to Optimize Normally. Applied > optimization, no change. And when i look at Group Attributes again, > it has changed itself back to its original setting. Why? > > *checked individual staves to make sure opt. was allowed (it was) > > I can't think of what I've overlooked. Help would be appreciated. > > Richard > FINMAC 07 > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale