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Preces and Responses in Sibelius 7

Part of my job as choir administrator is engraving my own editions of copyright-free music. Preces and Responses make up quite a large part of this.
 
I've googled till I'm blue in the face and read the appropriate article in the knowledge-base but I can't seem to be able to completely hide the other staffs in any but the first versicle. The link below will illustrate the problem. If any of you have managed to crack this problem I'd be eternally grateful for a step-by-step guide.
 
Many thanks in anticipation
 
Derek
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on September 12, 2012 9:41am
Hi, Derek.  I assume that you want the rest of the intonations to look just like the first one, right?  The trouble is that I can't figure out how you got that first one to print as it is, or how you managed to separate the intonations from the responses in the rest of the examples.  I would need to see the original Sib file to try to see that, and even then might not be able to.  Could you provide a step by step guide to how you got what you have, so that I might try to reconstruct it?
 
Have you inquired on any of the official (or unofficial) Sibelius forums?  That's a much better place to try to find a definite answer.
 
All the best,
John
on September 13, 2012 1:25am
 
The step-by-step is:
  1. Set up (full) score with key sig and (in most cases) a 2/1 time signature for the breve in the first intonation
  2. Hide the time signature
  3. Under 'Appearance' choose 'none' for indication of instrument names on first and subsequent systems
  4. Put a breve in the first bar
  5. Select the barline after breve and split the system
  6. Select the first bar sop
  7. Instrument change -> others  -> No instrument, hide bar lines (uncheck both boxes)
  8. Repeat 5 for alto and bass
  9. Select the Instrument names that will have appeared before the second bar and hide them
  10. Use <ctrl> Space in the lyrics ''O Lord, open thou our lips" attached to the breve, select the words and move them with the arrow-keys.
  11. Enter the response as normal
  12. split the system at the final bar-line
The problem is that subsequent intonations dont hide the clefs, key signatures and brace on the SAB lines, as you can see.
 
on September 12, 2012 10:22am
I can tell you a workaround:
 
1. Create your score with only one staff, the tenor staff.
2. On each line, split the system where you need it split.
3. After all the systems are split, highlight only the right portion of one line.
4. Create two "Ossia" staves above the tenor, and one below the tenor (these will be small staves).
5. Open the "Edit Instrument" window; the three ossia staves will be listed. Click each one, and uncheck the "small staff" box at the bottom.
 
Unfortunately, you will have to do this for each line. That means you will add three more staves to the overall score for each system, ending up with a large number of staves listed in the Instruments window, but it will accomplish what you are trying to do.
 
Contact me off list if you need more help.
 
 
 
 
on September 13, 2012 1:33am
Thanks for that, a wondeful piece of 'lateral thinking'. Can't help feeling there must be an easier way and that I'm missing something obvious, though :)
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