Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll try to use a shape expression, as Jef Chippewa suggests. The reason for this is that I need to represent two melodies, the second being performed as a canon and starting on measure 2 with measure 1 hidden, thus ending one measure later, showing a double bar line; the same double bar line will have to show in the last but one measure on the top staff (with its very last measure hidden)
-------- Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu >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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
