Changing the length of staff labels at specific positions

You can change whether staff labels at specific positions show full, abbreviated, or no instrument names, independently of your per-layout settings. For example, if you want full staff labels at the start of the first flow but abbreviated staff labels at the start of subsequent flows, or if you want to show staff labels in choral music only on systems that contain more complicated parts, solo lines, or divisi lines.

Prerequisite

You have inserted a system or frame break at the position from which you want to change the length of instrument names in staff labels.
Signposts are shown for system/frame breaks.

Procedure

In Engrave mode, select the system/frame break signpost at the position where you want to change the staff labels.
In the Properties panel, activate Staff labels in the Format group.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
- Full
- Abbreviated
- None

Result

The length of the instrument names shown in the staff labels is changed. This only affects the system on which the system/frame break occurs. Horizontal spacing is automatically adjusted so the system fills the width of the music frame.

Deactivating the property returns any selected system break signposts to your per-layout settings.

Example