Pelle Fridell,

A little more info from you might help:

What version of Finale?

Windows or Mac?

By The Way:

Do you know Jari Williamson’s plug-ins for Finale?

I am thinking of the plug-in JW Staff Polyphony.

Hi Peter and thanks for your reply!!
I need to get my info right in profile thanks for pointing out :-)
I’m on Mac Mojave, mbp and Finale 26 latest.
Yes Jari’s plugins are great and absolutely deserves a donation.
I use staff polyfony and copy part layout all the time, but that is a workaround creating new parts for copying.
I just wanted to find out how to select the top line, copy that and paste in another part.
No intentions to be stubborn :-)

Best regards, Pelle Fridell

Pelle,

I don't see a way, other than copying the complete staff, and using the Staff Polyphony plugin to delete what you don't want. It's a little bit of work, but Michelangelo started with a block of marble, and deleted everything that didn't look like David.

Thanks for your answer Mike!
I really have scratched my head... seemed like a natural thing to do, that I could not understand where in the menues that command was...:-)
Best regards, Pelle

TG Tools (full version) does what you need; «Process Extracted Parts». The plugin name is somewhat misguiding to how the plugin actually works and what it does.

Thanks Skjalg!!! :-)

Best,

Pelle