Group Style Definition dialog box
How to get there
From the Plug-ins menu, choose Scoring and
Arranging, then Update Groups and Brackets. Click Create, Duplicate, or
Edit.
What it does
This dialog box allows you to define a
new group definition, and provides functionality similar to the Group Attributes dialog box.
This dialog box is part of the Update Groups and Brackets plug-in, and
as such, can only be used to create or edit group style definitions for
optimized systems.
- Group
Name; Font · Abbr. Group Name; Font. Enter the full and/or abbreviated
names for the group here. Click the Font button to display Font dialog
box where you can change the font, size or style.
- Staff
· Through. These Staff drop-down
lists show the
names or numbers of the starting and ending staves for the currently displayed
group. Choose a staff name to specify the starting and ending staves in
a group. A group always includes the staves in between the specified staves.
- Show
Group Name. This checkbox controls whether group names that you
enter will appear in the document. When selected, the full and abbreviated
group names appear in your document. If you prefer to hide the names
for this group, deselect this checkbox.
Tip: Use Show Default
Group Names in the Staff menu to control whether default, non-printing
group names appear in the document.
- Draw Barlines: Only on Staves · Through Staves
· Only Between Staves (Mensurstriche). Select Only on Staves if
you want the barlines drawn only within each staff, without connecting
each staff with the barline; select Through Staves to draw one continuous
barline passing through all the staves in the group. Select Only Between
Staves (Mensurstriche) to draw barlines between the staves, but not through
the staff lines of each staff in the group.
- Use
Alternate Group Barline: Select. Select this option if you want
Finale to use an alternate barline style that you select from the Barline
palette, instead of the barline style selected in the Measure Attributes
dialog box. If this option is not selected, Finale uses the barline style
specified in the Measure Attributes dialog box. Click Select to open the
Shape Selection dialog box where you can choose from a library of shapes
or create your own. See Shape
Selection dialog box.
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. For more information, see Barlines.
- Bracket
Options. Click to select the bracket style you want to use for
the current group, or click None if you don’t want a bracket to enclose
the group. If you want more than one bracket to appear for a group, create
additional group styles for the staves, then choose a different bracket
style for each group. For details, seeBrackets:
Staves—To create additional (nested) brackets.
- Show
Bracket if Group Contains Only One Staff. Select this option if
you want a bracket to appear on a group containing only one staff, if
all staves but one are “optimized out” (i.e., removed because the staves
are resting instruments), or if you selected one staff from the group,
then selected Special Part Extraction from the Document menu.
- OK
· Cancel. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without changing
group settings. Click OK (or press enter) to confirm your settings and
return to the Update Groups and Brackets plug-in.
