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Is there anyway in Sibelius to make a time signature like this one here?

Hi all, I am in the process of writing a set of Preces and Reponses for my church.

I am however finding it impossible to get Sibelius to cooperate with my intended formatting. There is a not so helpful article posted on the Avid website on the matter specifically, but I am not finding it massively useful.

I am familiar with the suggested techniques, non breaking spaces, system breaks, etc. The problem I’m encountering is when trying to go between a single unmeasured system for the Cantor and going back to traditional 4 part formatting.

When using the instrument change (e.g. Alto to hidden) the hidden staff is still taking up space beneath the cantor and makes the intended formatting impossible.

I have attached an example image from the Oxford University Press.

Does anyone here have experience writing this particular type of music in sibelius? I am wondering if it is just easy to export the different systems and assemble it myself in a separate application, though this brings with it its own set of challenges.

Thanks

Hello, this is my first post on here and my first time using Sibelius so if this is an obvious fix please don’t mind.

I have an assignment to make a piece of music into a practice track. I am wondering if it is possible to add a new part to my piece only in a specific place, so that I don’t have a bunch of rests in this part before its music starts. I tried pressing the “Add or remove” button (with the trumpet on top) and it seems to add or remove parts for the entire piece. Is there a way to add parts that won’t last for the whole piece and don’t start at the beginning? Hopefully this makes sense, I will send a picture that might better illustrate what I am trying to accomplish.

Thank you so much!!