Hi Lawrence, You know it's been so long since I used the ossia tool that I don't even remember why I decided to avoid it. If I remember correctly (and I could be wrong), there have been various discussions over the years about the ossia tool and most of the comments have been negative. But I'm certainly open to using it -- not using it creates its own problems.
Paul Hayden On May 22, 2013, Lawrence Yates wrote: > 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 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