accidentals duplicated with layers

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Vanessa McClintock Edited May 17, 2023 06:48

Windows 10, Finale 27.3 (current)

I have found several old posts about layers, but not an answer that might apply today.

I have several bars with layers containing duplicate notes with accidentals.

For some reason--perhaps I did not notice before--accidentals from both layers appear on notes in unison.
I can use JW Change to hide accidentals, but I have to select (I think) either the entire document or selected bars.
I prefer to select selected bars, but there are a lot.

Is there a way to not show the duplicated accidentals. Again, this seems like a new problem; perhaps not. :-)
Below is a screenshot (also, notice the spacing)
Thank you!
:-)
Vanessa

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Michael M Edited May 17, 2023 08:34

Select all staves where you want to apply this > use JW Change > Accidentals > Visibility > Hide > Entries > Cross-layered Unison > Layers (choose your layer) > Apply.

I haven't tried it, but it seems that should do what you want (all at once).

PETER THOMSEN Posted May 17, 2023 10:54

Vanessa McClintock,

I wonder whether you have tried the Document Options ? (which, obviously, are document specific, not program specific)

Document menu > Document Options > Accidentals > Use Cross-Layer Accidental Positioning

ERNEST BIGGS Posted May 17, 2023 15:00

I think cross layer accidental position is the default.

Vanessa McClintock Posted May 17, 2023 20:02

Hi all,

THANK YOU for your speedy and helpful replies!!

Yes, Peter and Ernie, the "Cross-Layer Accidental Positioning" was checked and appears to be the default.

And, Michael, YES, that worked. It took a while to figure out the layer with the accidentals I wanted to show--due to their positioning and proximity to the notes.

I am curious, though, why all the accidentals were showing given that "Cross-Layer Accidental Positioning" was checked.

BTW--I also have "JW Accidentals" Plug-in, but I could not figure out how to use it.

The good news is all is right with those accidentals. ;-)
Thanks, again,

:-)
Vanessa

ERNEST BIGGS Posted May 18, 2023 17:37

Good deal. All's well that ends well. But you can always send me the file perhaps I can see what was going on.

Vanessa McClintock Posted May 19, 2023 05:10

Thanks, Ernie,

Greatly appreciated.
:-)
Vanessa

ERNEST BIGGS Edited May 19, 2023 15:14

Not guaranteeing I will know what the answer is just I would check it out. Curiously I just got an odd error. The linked flute 1 part has two measures, one measure in two different places, that are hidden and have what looks like multimeasure rest numbers below them. More odd, flute 2 is OK.

I don't know if Perfect Layout or JW Copy Part Layout is guilty but I used both on this document.

Vanessa McClintock Posted May 22, 2023 00:57

Hi Ernie,

Sorry for the delayed response.

I am not sure to what you are referencing about the flute parts.

:-)
Vanessa

ERNEST BIGGS Posted May 22, 2023 13:53

Oh ,not on yours it happened to one of my scores in the flute part. I think I will put up a post about it later. It's weird for sure.

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