Staff Usage List dialog box

How to get there

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Choose Staff > Staff Usage.

What it does

Use the Staff Usage List dialog box to specify the exact vertical position for a selected staff in a system, measured from the top of the previous staff. In Scroll View, this dialog box can be used to adjust the staff positioning for the entire staff. (Staff spacing in Page View and Scroll View are not related.)

• Staff Usage List: Global • Staff System (plus the current system number). "Global" appears when in Scroll View, where staff spacing applies to the full score. "Staff System" (plus the current staff system number) appears when in Page View. Changes made to the staff spacing in Page View ("Staff System") do not apply to Scroll View ("Global"). Staff spacing is handled in each view separately. (If you would like to reset the staff spacing in Page View to match the staff spacing in Scroll View throughout the score, use the "Set to Scroll View Spacing" command in the Respace Staves dialog box.)
• Staff. This popup menu includes the staves in the order that they werecreated. All staves in the score are listed here.
• Distance From Top of Previous Staff • Preview. This number sets the distance from the top line of the staff to the top line of the previous staff. Enter a positive value to adjust the vertical position of the staff down from the top of the window. If you enter 0, Finale superimposes the two staves. The units are whatever you've selected under Finale 2014 > Measurement Units. Click Preview to apply changes to the score without dismissing the dialog box.

  Tip: Finale uses this value as a starting point for positioning a staff; staff positions in Page View and printouts are also affected by any resizing you do with the Resize tool.

• OK • Cancel. Click Cancel to return to the score without changing the staff’s position. Click OK to confirm your changes and return to the score.