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Posted By : danny10086 - 5/13/2009 4:16 AM

Is there a way to have the measure numbers appear different in the score and in the parts.

In the parts I want to have them as normal (ie; at the beginning of each system or line) and in the score I wanted to put them down the bottom larger and in the middle of the measure.

Can someone help me find out if this possible?

Cheers,
Dan

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Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 5/13/2009 4:38 AM

danny10086 said...
Is there a way to have the measure numbers appear different in the score and in the parts?

Not without extracting the parts.

danny10086 said...
In the parts I want to have them as normal (ie; at the beginning of each system or line) and in the score I wanted to put them down the bottom larger and in the middle of the measure.

Can I ask why?

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Posted By : danny10086 - 5/13/2009 4:41 AM

As a conductor I find it easier to quickly find the measure number at the bottom of an orchestral score, but this look would not suit the orchestral parts - there would be too much going on for the player to look at.

Thanks for your reply though!

Dan

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Posted By : Gareth Green - 5/13/2009 7:29 AM

Wiggy said...

danny10086 said...
Is there a way to have the measure numbers appear different in the score and in the parts?

Not without extracting the parts.

Not sure that's true. I haven't experimented with this, but one of the nice things about Linked Parts (albeit that you have to play around with a bit in order to understand) is the ability to unlink/show/hide various elements.

I would have thought that the solution to the OP's problem would be to create two measure number regions, identical apart from fonts/positioning. Region 1 could be set to display on all parts but not score. Region 2 would be set up so that if you hide it, it will disappear from all parts; if you then manually unlink it, and set it to show on the score, it will not print on the parts. (most of these actions are easier accessed from Right-click context menus.)

Like I say, I haven't tried this, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work in theory. I use a very similar method myself for page numbers, which I prefer to be different in parts from those in the score.

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