Strange spacing issues

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Post by dankreider » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:23 pm

Regarding my template I made...

I have system locks turned off. But when I start to enter notes, I get strange spacing (as you can see in the screenshot, this is after I've deleted the notes).

I always have to Select all, CTRL+M, and "remove system locks" even though the systems aren't locked! This fixes the spacing. It's just annoying to have to do this. Seems unnecessary.

Here's a link to the Finale file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/175 ... issue.musx. Can anyone show me what I have set incorrectly?

Thanks,
Dan
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Post by N Grossingink » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:33 pm

It's hard to say, depending on the way you have your Finale preferences set up. Make sure that under Preferences > Edit you have "Reflow Measures" set to "Across Systems (Maintain System Locks)". Does that fix it?

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Post by dankreider » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:42 pm

N Grossingink wrote:It's hard to say, depending on the way you have your Finale preferences set up. Make sure that under Preferences > Edit you have "Reflow Measures" set to "Across Systems (Maintain System Locks)". Does that fix it?

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I looked at that; the box is checked already.
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Post by Serenity Musician » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:52 pm

I opened your file and entered notes but I wasn't able to duplicate your spacing issues. Strange. I'm on my laptop, so when I get a chance I'll try it on my desktop and see if I get the same problem you do.
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Post by zuill » Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:14 pm

Looks like Update Layout (Ctrl-U) needs to be done.

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Post by dankreider » Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:15 pm

Serenity Musician wrote:I opened your file and entered notes but I wasn't able to duplicate your spacing issues. Strange. I'm on my laptop, so when I get a chance I'll try it on my desktop and see if I get the same problem you do.
Sounds like the problem is with my global Finale preferences, then.
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Post by miker » Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:47 pm

But you can always invoke update layout with CTRL-U, as Zuill pointed out.
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