Update Groups and Brackets plug-in
How to get there
From the 
menu, choose Scoring and
Arranging, then Update Groups and Brackets.
What it does
This plug-in allows you to easily reposition,
edit, and otherwise manage group brackets after systems have been optimized
(see Optimizing
systems). Since brackets on optimized systems are traditionally
independent, this plug-in is the preferable way to work with multiple
groups and brackets post-optimization. This plug-in does not affect non-optimized
systems in any way. You can use the Undo
command under the Edit menu to undo individual changes made in this plug-in.
- Create.
Click this button to open the Group Style Definition dialog box
where you can define a new group style. When you create a new group style,
you have the option to add it to all matching systems. If you do not add
it to all matching systems, the style appears in italics in the Group
Scope List, indicating it exists, but has not yet been set to the system.
See Group Style Definition dialog box.
- Duplicate.
Click this button to open the Group
Style Definition dialog box, already filled with the group
style you have selected in the Update Groups and Brackets dialog box.
When you duplicate and edit a group style, you have the option to add
it to all matching systems. If you do not add it to all matching systems,
the style appears in italics in the Group Scope List, indicating it exists,
but has not yet been set to the system.
- Edit.
Click this button to open the Group
Style Definition dialog box where you can edit an existing
group style definition.
- Delete.
Click Delete to delete the selected group style and all occurrences of
the style in the document.
- [Group
Style List] · Bracket · Usage · Name · From · To · Span · Abbr. Name ·
Show Name · Draw Barline · Alternate Barline · Barline · Single Staff
Bracket. This list displays the available group styles. Use the
horizontal scroll bar above this list to view all twelve group style properties.
Double-click a group style to open the Group Style Definition where you
can edit it. Click a group style, and all optimized systems to which the
group style has been applied appear in the Group Scope List.
- [Group
Scope List]. This list displays all optimized systems containing
at least one staff of the group style currently selected in the Group
Style List. Use this list to add or remove group styles to/from systems.
This list only contains systems suitable for an individual bracket to
be placed (which excludes non-optimized systems and systems that do not
include staves within the selected group style’s span). Italics indicate
the group style has not been applied to that system.
Double-click an unchecked check box to check
it and uncheck all other boxes. Double-click a checked box to uncheck
it and check all other boxes.
- Set
· Move · Position. Click Set to apply the selected group style
to all systems checked in the Group Scope List. Changes are instantly
applied. Click Move to open the Move
Groups dialog box where you can reposition group brackets
and names for the currently checked systems. See Move Groups dialog box.
Click Position to open the Position Groups dialog box where additional
positioning, text justification, alignment, and other details can be set
for the currently checked systems. See Position
Groups dialog box.
- Auto-display
System in Document. Check this box to automatically display the
Group Scope List’s currently selected system in the document window. When
this box is checked, any new selection in the Group Scope List will cause
the selected system to snap into view. (Click to the right of a check
box in the Group Scope List to select a system). This setting is session-specific,
and is checked by default in each new Finale session. This functionality
is only available in Page View.
- Close.
Click this button to close the Update Groups and Brackets dialog box without
making changes.
