Without implying any criticism at all, may I ask why you prefer not to use the ossia tool?
Cheers, Lawrence On 21 May 2013 18:30, Paul Hayden <phayden...@cox.net> wrote: > Wow, that worked! Thanks so much, Christopher. I thought I had tried this, > but I must have selected more staves to hide than just the new, blank ossia > staff. At any rate, when I hid the new staff, the layout went back to what > I originally had. > > Paul Hayden > > > > On May 21, 2013, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > In the Staff Tool, select the entire extra staff (click in the margin > next to the staff name) and select Hide Empty Staves from the Staff Menu. > It will only affect the staves (and systems) you've selected, and only the > empty ones, so the system that has music in it will not be hidden. It WILL > be hidden in all the other systems. > > > > Christopher > > > > On Mon May 20, at MondayMay 20 5:33 PM, Paul Hayden wrote: > > > >> FinMac12 > >> OS X 10.6.8 > >> > >> I need to add an ossia staff to one page of an already-laid-out > orchestral score. I usually avoid the ossia tool and just add an extra > staff which I set at 75%. However, now when I add the extra staff (in Page > View), it shows up on all pages, forcing me to go back and adjust each > system. > >> > >> Can you just add a staff to one page without it showing up on all the > other pages you've already laid out? I thought deactivating "Automatic > Update Layout" (in Preferences) might work, but it didn't. > >> > >> Please CC your reply to me as I'm on the digest. > >> > >> Thanks very much. > >> > >> Paul Hayden > >> > >> > >> > >> Magnolia Music Press > >> <www.paulhayden.com> > >> Voice & Pre-arranged fax: 225-769-9604 > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale