You can hide/show empty staves differently in each layout in your project. For example, you can show all staves, including empty staves, in a full score layout for the conductor but hide empty staves in a full score layout intended for reference only.
Procedure
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In Setup mode, choose .
The Layout Options dialog opens.
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In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show empty staves in one of the following ways:
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Click Select All.
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Click Select All Full Score Layouts.
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Click Select All Part Layouts.
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Click Select All Custom Score Layouts.
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Ctrl/Cmd-click individual layouts.
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Shift-click adjacent layouts.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
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Select Vertical Spacing from the Category menu.
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In the Hide Empty Staves section, choose one of the following options for Hide empty staves:
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After first system
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All systems
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Never
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Activate/Deactivate Allow individual staves of multi-staff instruments to be hidden.
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Optional: For Players excluded from Hide Empty Staves, activate the checkbox beside each instrument you want to be shown regardless of your choice for Hide empty staves.
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Click Apply, then Close.
Result
Empty staves in the selected layouts are hidden/shown according to your choice. If you activated Allow individual staves of multi-staff instruments to be hidden, any single empty staves in multi-staff instruments, such as piano or harp, can be hidden in the selected layouts.