Finale printing (to PDF) mystery

[Jun Yamamoto]

Hello,

Here is a mystery.

Upperside is Finale's screen and below is printed (PDF).
The same part of violin part but apparently DIFFERENT.
Any idea about the cause of this difference comes up to your minds?
Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Jun Yamamoto

[Jun Yamamoto]

Quick addition to my question.

I tried printer output. But the result was the same as in case of PDF.

Sincerely,

Jun Yamamoto

[Hector Pascal]

Hmmmm, I don't know for sure, but maybe try select all and then Utilities>Lock Systems... see if that helps...

Cheerio,
Hector.

[Jun Yamamoto]

Thank you, Hector, for your advice.

I tried. Interestingly enough, the locking itself produced the same result as the printing.

In other words, if I lock all the systems, the arrangement of measures changes to the one when I get in case of printing.

So, the get-around should be that I should lock all the systems once then adjust the measures then print it.

Your idea suggested the solution while the Finale's mechanism is still mysterious.

Sincerely,

Jun Yamamoto

[motet]

Make sure "automatic update layout" is selected.

I think there is a bug where a measure can't seem to make up its mind which system it should be in. I've run across it very occasionally. Locking is indeed the solution. I always lock everything anyway when I'm done with a piece and ready to print, since minor afterthoughts like adding a cautionary can sometimes trigger unwanted flowing across systems.

[Jun Yamamoto]

Thank you for your advice, motet,

It should be a good idea to lock it just before print.

Sincerely,

Jun Yamamoto