Those padlocks show that you have locked the layout somehow, so that when you update the layout those measures on those staves will stay on those staves while all the others around the locked staves can flow back and forth as the program feels best suits the layout.
You can have the padlocks NOT show (the locked systems will still be locked, however, until you unlock them) while you are in page layout by unchecking the Show Layout Icons under the View menu. I find it helpful to see them because then I know that if I like what I see I need to lock any that are unlocked so the layout remains the same even if I change something. They don't prevent you from editing the music in the measures, or adding or deleting expressions or anything. They simply indicate those staves where the measures have been locked in place. helgesen wrote: > I seem to be always the bloke who asks the stupid questions! Never mind! > Here's another! > > What do the padlocks on the right of staves actually lock? It seems to make > no difference if they are there or not. I don't put them there. How do they > get there? What do they stop me from doing? Am I just, by accident, avoiding > trying to do what they stop? Can I remove them? Do I ever need to? I can > move staves, reduce/enlarge, add measures to, take measures from, move > staves from page to page, etc, etc. so just what DO they lock? > > Standing by for howls of laughter, I remain, here in OZ- Keith. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
