Aaron,
If Automatic Update Layout is off, and you forget to manually update
layout before printing, you will run into all kinds of problems with
incorrect measure widths, serious spacing issues, music running off
the edge of the page, missing measures or systems, and the like. For
years, an oft-repeated and important piece of advice on this list was
"Make sure you *always* update layout before printing!" If you
neglect to do this, you *will* have problems, period -- which is why
it's much easier for most users (especially new users) to leave
Automatic Update Layout on. That the option to turn it off still
exists is a relic of the days when auto-update layout resulted in a
significant performance hit -- this is no longer the case on any
computer less than five years old.
In your particular example, you have to manually *unlock* a system in
order to get the measures to reflow. If you didn't want the measures
to reflow, why would you unlock the system in the first place?
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 16 Jun 2006, at 10:59 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 01:20 AM 6/16/2006, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>On 15 Jun 2006, at 10:20 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
>
>> Well, you might try turning off Edit | Automatic Update Layout.
>> That will prevent Finale from doing anything with the layout behind
>> your back.
>
>NOT recommended. This is not the problem here -- "Automatic Update
>Layout" does not (by default) *change* the layout, it only ensures
>there are no nasty surprises when it comes time to print the part.
I'm not sure I follow what you're saying here, Darcy. If I have a
part open, and I select a measure in Mass Edit and press the down
arrow to jam into the system below, both systems get locked. Then I
hit U to unlock the destination system. With AUL on, that system
and the ones below it reflow (according to the Update Layout
settings). With AOL off, nothing happens when I hit U, and the
page prints that way as well.
Aaron.
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