Hi Dennis, Hmm. Puzzling!
What happens if you fix the layout after running Update Layout (so it once again looks like your first example), re-lock the systems, and run Update Layout again? Also, are your MM rests set to Update Automatically? What happens if you turn that off? Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Nov 30, 2012, at 3:09 AM, dc <den...@free.fr> wrote: > Le 30/11/2012 00:18, Darcy James Argue écrit : >> Hi Dennis, >> >> Are you sure you are not accidentally unlocking the systems? With the >> selection tool selected, the shortcut to unlock systems is "U." If you are >> in the selection tool, and pressing the "U" key slightly before the "ctrl" >> key, you may be inadvertently triggering an unwanted system unlock. > > Thanks, Darcy, but no, this is not what's happening. I see all the locks > on the page, and when I hit Ctrl+U, one of the locks only disappears, > and that unlocked system only has two measures left. > > With the selection tool active, my part temporarily looks like this: > > <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/2012-11-30_090258.jpg> > > Then, after very carefully hitting Ctrl+U: > > <https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15830163/2012-11-30_090208.jpg> > > With one system on the next page. > > I'm open to any suggestions. I suppose someone will say at some stage > that my file is corrupted - which is quite obvious, but not very > helpful, unless there's a way to uncorrupt a file. > > Thanks, > > Dennis > > > > > > > >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB:http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2012, at 4:04 PM, dc<den...@free.fr> wrote: >> >>> I think this is the first time this has ever happened to me! >>> >>> Finale 2008. I just finished a piece with two linked violin parts (and a >>> continuo part). The V1 part is on one page with 7 staves only. Once it >>> was layed out correctly, I locked all the systems. And then hit Ctrl U >>> to update the layout. This UNLOCK one of the staves, leaves only two >>> bars on that stave, and adds an extra system on the next page. I tried >>> several times, with the same result. >>> >>> The V2 part does exactly the same thing when I lock all the staves and >>> update the layout. >>> >>> The solution would be to not update the layout. But even then, when I >>> switch from the part view to the score view and back to the part view, >>> the layout has been messed up, despite the system locks. >>> >>> I did a "file maintenance", and Finale found nothing wrong. >>> >>> Any ideas on what's going on? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
