When you remove a measure from
the score as described above, Finale removes the measure in question from every staff in
the score. Using the following technique, however, you can remove a measure
from a single staff (in effect) by sliding the subsequent measures one
measure to the left.
- Click the Selection tool
, and click the next
measure after the measure you want to delete.
- Hold down SHIFT and press the END key to select all measures to the right of the one you selected. Alternatively, you could choose Edit > Select Region, delete the number in the Through Measure text
box, and click OK. (Leaving this text box blank indicates the end of the piece.)
- Drag the first selected measure to the left,
so that it’s superimposed on the measure you want to delete. Finale
asks you how many times you want the selected music copied. The default
value, once, is what you want.
- Click OK (or press ENTER).
Finale moves the music you selected one measure to the left, in effect
eliminating the measure you wanted to remove. There may now be an extra
measure at the end of the staff; just erase or remove it (see To erase or remove measures).
