Problem with condensing and stems

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A while ago I got lots of help to make the looks of a Gregorian chant as I wanted it. It is part of a requiem.

After I imported all the other flows of the piece; I wanted to change a little thing in the chant. In the requiem there are two alto parts. The chant used only one alto part. But I want the two alto parts sing the chant unisono. So I copied the notes and text to the other alto-part.

Offertorium
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Then I wanted it condensed in that flow, because two identical parts are not neccesary in the full score . But when it was condensed all the stems of the notes were back again.

Offertorium condensed
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In condensed mode you can not change this I found out.
Is there a way to condens the two alto voices without getting the unwanted stems back?

The only flow in the comple piece that has to be condensed is this flow. I did not find a way to condens only one flow. So I had to put a condensing change in all the other flows. Is there perhaps a quicker way of doing this?

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Could you manually hide one of the Alto staves in these sections and use text or another method to alter the staff label on the remaining staff?

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@gerardka
Actually, you can.
I tried with a marquee selection on the condensed staff in Engrave Mode, and activated Hide stem:

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Yes, that is the solution. Thanks very much!

I have have learned a lot about Dorico but I have to learn a lot more. I am very grateful for the help given by the kind people here!!!

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You are welcome, @gerardka.