tsk tsk tsk... so much kludging :-) set up a shape expression with 5 barlines at your default thickness extending 96 EVPUs and set up the auto-placement to right aligned, attached to right measure with H adjustment of 10 (it will work for double barlines as well) and V positioned to staff reference line.
staffline lengths before clefs will be consistent. you can adjust H positioning slightly for treble (or alto, or percussion) clef so the lines extending to the left of the bass and treble clefs are equal. grid is at 12 EVPUs: http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/staff-5line_short.pdf this is also very useful in percussion lines, where the staff changes from 1-line to 5-line staff. a different version of this shape expression can be set up for the end of the system if ever needed. set the expression at the top of your symbols category list for super quick access (2-click measure and hit enter). do NOT apply this expression using a metatool, otherwise you will have multiple copies of the expression in your document, and if you need to slightly edit the length or staffline thicknesses... fun fun fun. (no matter how detailled you get in selecting partial measures, the staffline lengths to the left of the clef will ALWAYS change in the PT or also in the SC whenever you make changes to the measure spacing, or change the number of measures frozen in the system where it appears) _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
