To optimize staff by staff

If you only want to remove some blank staves from a system, you can use this method, in which Finale will ask you to confirm the removal of each staff.

1. Click the Page Layout Tool  .
2. From the Page Layout menu, choose Optimize Staff Systems. The Staff System Optimization dialog box appears.
3. Select how you want this system Optimized; whether you want empty staves removed, if you want to be asked before a staff is removed, and if you want to keep at least one staff. See Staff System Optimization dialog box. 
4. Click OK (or press enter) to continue. If you selected Ask Before Removing Staves, the Remove Staff dialog box appears asking whether you want each empty staff removed.
5. Click Yes or No. If you click Yes, the staff will be removed. If you click No, the staff will be optimized, but will remain in the score.

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