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Group Attributes dialog box

How to get there

  1. To create a new group, click the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
  2. Select the measures to include in the group, then choose Staff > Group and Bracket > Add.
  3. To edit an existing group, click the Staff Tool. Click a group handle, then choose Staff > Groups and Brackets > Edit. Or, double-click a group handle or a bracket handle. (In the Group Attributes dialog box, you can use the arrow controls to display the attributes of the groups in the document.)

What it does

In Finale, groups are created and edited in the Group Attributes dialog box. You can assign a staff to as many groups as you like, and customize how you want barlines and brackets to appear.

By default, Finale positions group names vertically between the first and last staves in the group. The default positioning is used unless you explicitly change the position of a group name. To set individual positioning, click Position. The Position Full Group Name or Position Abbreviated Group Name dialog box appears. For details, see Position dialog box.

Tip: Use Show Default Group Names in the Staff menu to control whether default, non-printing group names appear in the score.

Note: You can override the barline selected for a group on a measure-by-measure basis by choosing Override Group Barlines in the Measure Attributes dialog box. When you choose this option, the barline set in the Measure Attributes dialog box will always appear, regardless of any alternate barline style selected in the Group Attributes dialog box. This might be used for the final bar in a piece.

Tip: Use Show Default Group Names in the Staff menu to control the appearance of default, non-printing group names in the score.

 

Note: You can override the barline selected for a group on a measure-by-measure basis such as for the final bar in a piece. To do so, select Override Group Barlines in the Measure Attributes dialog box.

 

Tip: To display more than one bracket on a staff or staves in a group, create additional groups for the staves, then choose a different bracket style for each group.

 

See also:

Staves

Staff menu

Staff tool

 

 

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