Update Groups and Brackets plug-in

How to get there

From the Plug-ins menu, choose Scoring and Arranging, then Update Groups and Brackets.

What it does

This plug-in allows you to easily reposition, edit, and otherwise manage group brackets after systems have been optimized (see Optimizing systems). Since brackets on optimized systems are traditionally independent, this plug-in is the preferable way to work with multiple groups and brackets post-optimization. This plug-in does not affect non-optimized systems in any way. You can use the Undo command under the Edit menu to undo individual changes made in this plug-in.

• Create. Click this button to open the Group Style Definition dialog box where you can define a new group style. When you create a new group style, you have the option to add it to all matching systems. If you do not add it to all matching systems, the style appears in italics in the Group Scope List, indicating it exists, but has not yet been set to the system. See Group Style Definition dialog box.
• Duplicate. Click this button to open the Group Style Definition dialog box, already filled with the group style you have selected in the Update Groups and Brackets dialog box. When you duplicate and edit a group style, you have the option to add it to all matching systems. If you do not add it to all matching systems, the style appears in italics in the Group Scope List, indicating it exists, but has not yet been set to the system.
• Edit. Click this button to open the Group Style Definition dialog box where you can edit an existing group style definition.
• Delete. Click Delete to delete the selected group style and all occurrences of the style in the document.
• [Group Style List] · Bracket · Usage · Name · From · To · Span · Abbr. Name · Show Name · Draw Barline · Alternate Barline · Barline · Single Staff Bracket. This list displays the available group styles. Use the horizontal scroll bar above this list to view all twelve group style properties. Double-click a group style to open the Group Style Definition where you can edit it. Click a group style, and all optimized systems to which the group style has been applied appear in the Group Scope List.
• [Group Scope List]. This list displays all optimized systems containing at least one staff of the group style currently selected in the Group Style List. Use this list to add or remove group styles to/from systems. This list only contains systems suitable for an individual bracket to be placed (which excludes non-optimized systems and systems that do not include staves within the selected group style’s span). Italics indicate the group style has not been applied to that system.

Double-click an unchecked check box to check it and uncheck all other boxes. Double-click a checked box to uncheck it and check all other boxes.

• Set · Move · Position. Click Set to apply the selected group style to all systems checked in the Group Scope List. Changes are instantly applied. Click Move to open the Move Groups dialog box where you can reposition group brackets and names for the currently checked systems. See Move Groups dialog box. Click Position to open the Position Groups dialog box where additional positioning, text justification, alignment, and other details can be set for the currently checked systems. See Position Groups dialog box.
• Auto-display System in Document. Check this box to automatically display the Group Scope List’s currently selected system in the document window. When this box is checked, any new selection in the Group Scope List will cause the selected system to snap into view. (Click to the right of a check box in the Group Scope List to select a system). This setting is session-specific, and is checked by default in each new Finale session. This functionality is only available in Page View.
• Close. Click this button to close the Update Groups and Brackets dialog box without making changes.

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