Staff handles

When you click the Staff tool , staff handles appear on the left side of each staff. Refer to the following topics for information regarding editing staves using these handles.

Staff tool: Staff handles in Page View

When you click the Staff tool in Page View, Finale automatically displays a handle on each staff.

• Click the staff handle and drag to adjust the staff's position for that system only (measures in the system are selected automatically when you click a staff handle).
• Double-click the staff handle and drag to adjust the staff's global position: Finale adjusts the spacing for every staff system in the piece (all measures of the staff are selected when you double-click a staff handle). When dragging staves, subsequent staves in systems reposition uniformly.

Selecting staves

You can select more than one handle at once by holding the shift key and clicking the handles. You can also drag-select any visible handles in Page View, selecting either all the top or all the bottom handles as desired.

You can also select specific measures prior to dragging or nudging to adjust staves in specific systems. See Selecting Music.

Working with staff groups

You can remove group assignments on staves by selecting the group name handle then pressing the delete key. To check on the status of a staff and its grouping, CTRL-click its handle to display the Group Attributes dialog box. A staff can belong to more than one group. If you want to change the group attributes of a group, double-click on the group handle.

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