To cutaway or not to cutaway

• Jan 18, 2025 - 12:08

I have an orchestral score where I need to print out parts using multiple staves. I can hide empty staves and use the cutaway feature but sometimes all parts have multiple rests and only the main part shows them (the other staves have been cutaway!!)
Is there a way of manually overriding the cutaway option. I have used a forced line break but that is not always satisfactory.

(I hope I've included a screenshot!)


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In reply to by TheHutch

I had not realised that the stave/part properties we independent for each part. You can modify the part formatting without affecting the other parts.
In the properties for the main part, select Hide when empty to "Never". For the other parts, select "Always" hide. To format the page, put in system breaks where the parts split or re-join. If that doesn't work well, copy the top part into the lower part.

I was using cutaway when it was not necessary and now multi-bar rests are displaying on all staves where necessary.

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