It depends on exactly what you need to do. You can hide barlines with a staff style, then override them with group barlines. In most cases where I have needed to do this I have not had to resort to expressions except on single staves. For single staves, the barline symbols in the Sonata font come in very handy.
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 AM, SN jef chippewa < shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> wrote: > > for this, i would also *definitely* use a shape expression (and > regularly do). set its positioning in relation to the right barline. > > don't use a smart shape, if the measure width and / or layout is > changed, the vertical angle (whcih you hope is 90 degrees) may > change, and then you may have to adjust all instances of the smart > shape. > > if you apply a shape expression manually each time (place it at the > top of your category list for quick access) instead of setting it up > as a metatool, its positioning and appearance can later be changed > globally if needed. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
