I am trying to add an ossia to a guitar part (score and tab) but I want the ossia to show just a score and not the tab.
From a similar question at https://forums.steinberg.net/t/converting-tab-to-extra-or-ossia-staff/149186, actually the request is to have the tab and not the score, I deduce that this is not possible. Maybe it is not a good engraving practice, I admit I have no idea.
As a guitarist I can appreciate it. The best of both worlds for me might be two flows. One with tab that are meant for learning and might have just a few tricky bits illustrated. The pages could still be printed as a set together, depending on what you are making. The tabbed flow could be like front’s piece if it is short. At performance time I want ALL of the space back. 
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Not sure what you want.
- Do you want the ossia in the score and not the part?
or - Do you want the ossia to show a notation staff and not a tab staff?
I am sorry I misused the words.
My question was supposed to be generic: when I have a fretted instrument with “Notation and Tablature” checked on I would like the ossia only with the notation and not with the tablature just to save space.
Not a problem.
The only way around this I can think of, is to have 2 players. One Notation only, the other Tab only. This break the linked Notation/Tab feature and the music will have to be duplicated for both players.
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how do you create a part with tabs only?
Library>Layout Options>Players>Fretted Instruments.
Select the layout (on the Right Side of the dialogue window) that you want the setting(s) to apply to.
Choose Tablature only. Click Apply.
Please don’t ask the same question more than once. It wastes everyone’s time
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apologies
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