I don't think that's necessary here. The Staff Style works well, and you can assign to only the part.
For what gets drawn first (and thus covered by something else) I never quite understood it. Jari Williamson and jef chippewa seem to understand these things better than I do. Christopher On Thu Dec 19, at ThursdayDec 19 5:41 PM, Steve Parker wrote: > This is one of the things that would be helped with opaque empty text boxes > that could be set to the topmost graphics layer to hide things. > Always hoping that someone will tell me it's possible.. > > Steve P. > >> On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:19, Christopher Smith <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> >> wrote: >> >> Ossias (with the Ossia tool) are always terrible. To make an Ossia, I >> strongly suggest adding another staff that is reduced in size (you'll have >> to add it to the part in Manage Parts), and hide it in the systems where it >> is not used, forcing it blank with a Staff Style when it is empty on the >> same system. >> >> Christopher >> >> >>> On Thu Dec 19, at ThursdayDec 19 9:39 AM, Williams, Jim wrote: >>> >>> Here's a related question: how do linked parts handle ossia staves? Cleanly >>> or with problems? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale