Ah, but did you Update Layout while you were on the FIRST page? Finale only 
updates layout from the page you are on until the end. In some cases if the 
scroll bar is only nudged a bit right, then update is only from page 2, so hit 
Home.

Christopher


----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Fiedler <eric.f.fied...@t-online.de>
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:57
Subject: [Finale] Layout misbehavior
To: finale@shsu.edu

> Ok, I haven't run across this one before:
> I have a long piece with 8 staves per system and, until today, 
> two  
> systems fit well on one page. Now, suddenly, the systems are 
> arranged  
> in Page View as follows:
> 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | etc.
> 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
> that is, each system appears _twice, once at the bottom, once at 
> the  
> top of the next page. In "Scroll View" everything is fine, by 
> the  
> way, with no duplications of any kind.
> "Update Layout" does nothing (my first thought) and neither 
> does  
> "Data Check". In my desperation I finally exported the file via 
> Music  
> XML and imported it again. The result was a document with a 
> _single_  
> system per page
> 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
> and a strange symbol in the upper left corner which looks like 
> the  
> old carriage return sign: |_>  In the new file I can't get 
> two  
> systems onto one page, although there's enough room. It would 
> seem  
> that this is being prevented by the "carriage return" symbol.
> Can anybody help me with this?
> Eric
> 
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