You don't say what version of Finale (or operating system) you are using (please do--in your profile signature if possible), so the quickest, most general answer is no.

But if your version of Finale has staff styles, there are ways to cut away or collapse measures and staves.

But the whole point of optimizing/hiding staves is to make this process simpler, so you must have esoteric needs not to find optimizing/hiding staves the easiest solution.

JAV,

I'm still using Finale 2010 because I have of thousands of lines of Finale Script code that I must retain for an ongoing project.

Here is my problem:  I took an existing score with the same ensemble as the next piece I needed to arrange.  But since the piano part started with 3 staves rather than 2, I had to add a staff.  Finale numbered that staff 16, while the normal 2 staves of the piano part are staves 5 & 6.  (SATB Chorus lines are Staves 1-4.)  So, the piano part on Page 1 has 3 staves (5, 6 and 16).  Finale does not optimize staff 16 on Page 2 or any subsequent page, probably because it is not numbered consecutively with the other 2 staves in the group.  But I just don't want to see a 3-staff piano part in the score anywhere except on Page 1. I tried optimizing with "Ask before removing staves" checked.  When I indicate "YES" to "Remove staff 16?" it doesn't do it.  Any other staff that I indicate should be removed IS removed.

I finally figured out how to do it by applying a hidden staff style to Staff 16 for all measures on Pages 2 through 20 and then optimizing all systems and moving staves around.  Your suggestion to apply a staff style set me on the right path so I thank you for pointing that out.

Thanks,

Randy

Thanks for letting us know that you are using Finale 2010. I haven't used optimizing in so long, I cannot say for certain what is preventing it from working on your system; recent versions swapped optimizing out for "Hide Empty Staves."

Glad you found a solution via Staff Styles.