Thanks for your reply. Gee, I thought you had the solution and you almost did. I did all the settings you showed and the intruding staff lines and notes went away but so did all the tabs. It appears to me that they have the musical notes and the tabs tightly intertwined in the code. You can see both or none but not just the tabs. And unfortunately when you get the notes you also get the ledger lines as well above the tab. But thanks again.