I am working with standard treble and bass clef notation.  It is 4 part harmony with the soprano and the alto in the treble clef and the tenor and the bass in the bass clef.  The words are printed in the middle and I have 4 verses.  Everything looks good and I now want to print it out.  The problem is that the measure bars extend from clef to clef through the center area where the words are.  This means that the lines go through the words (See Example 1 below).  Normally when there are words, the lines do not extend through the center area (See Example 2 below).  How do I remove these lines during printing?
 
Thanks in advance...
 
Example 1 - Currently this is what I get when I print out a finished copy...
 _______________________________________________________________
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|               |               |               |               |
|               |               |               |               |
|      Currently|the lines go fr|m clef to clef |ight through th| words
|               |               |               |               |
|               |               |               |               |
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
 
 
Example 2 - This is what I'm looking for...
 _______________________________________________________________
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|
|        I am looking for open space between the clefs so
|        the words will not be interfered with
|
 
|_______________________________________________________________
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
|_______________|_______________|_______________|_______________|
 
 

Welcome to the forum.
Are the words lyrics, and did you enter them as lyrics? Normally, the lyrics would be at the bottom of the clefs, not in the middle of them.

Shawn Parsons from Pepperell, Ma ?

==== Are the words lyrics, and did you enter them as lyrics? Normally, the lyrics would be at the bottom of the clefs, not in the middle of them.====
 
Yes, the words are lyrics...
 
And not sure what you refer to with the words normally being "under" the clefs...  If you pick up any piano book with words and music, standard notation puts the words in the middle between the Treble and Bass clefs like I illustrated in my original post...  I currently have them printing in the middle where I want them... its just that the measure lines extend through the white space and overprint them...
 

Nope... Shawn Parsons from Cranston RI...
 

Sorry 'bout that. It's been years since I saw real notation. Was misremembering.
Have you tried splitting the bass and treble parts into separate tracks? Select all the bass notes in the track and drag (or copy) them into another track.

Yes that's the way I'm doing that now... The separate clefs are in separate tracks...

Put a blank MIDI track between them?

Sorry Shawn (for going off topic).
I know a Shawn Parsons from Pepperell, Ma who played bass.
still does, very well.
 
Thanks and happy trails.

ShawnParsonz
 
And not sure what you refer to with the words normally being "under" the clefs...  If you pick up any piano book with words and music, standard notation puts the words in the middle between the Treble and Bass clefs like I illustrated in my original post...  I currently have them printing in the middle where I want them... its just that the measure lines extend through the white space and overprint them...
 

I seem to recall a treble clef with the melody, then the lyrics under that. Then the treble and bass clef piano below the lyrics.