On 23.10.2005 Chuck Israels wrote:
I find no disadvantage to having "Automatic Update Layout" and
"Automatic Spacing" turned on all the time. Perhaps some others may
be able to describe circumstances in which it is better to have them
off, but I have yet to run into any.
I always have automatic update layout on and see no disadvantages at
all, since you will have to update the layout eventually, anyway.
Otherwise, if you save and quit Finale, then reopen your file you may
find it doesn't look the same anymore, and also occasionally measures
get lost if you don't update the layout. (The only disadvantage I can
see is that it may take more time on a slow machine working on large
files with many pages, but I never noticed that as a problem).
Automatic music spacing is a different matter. I always have it off, as
I don't want it to destroy manually spaced notes accidentally. This will
happen, if for instance you have multiple layers with multiple
accidentals where quite often automatic spacing is insufficient. I often
have to give extra space using TGTools, or manually move one note in a
measure in more than 2 layers. With automatic music spacing (which kicks
in when you leave a measure in speedy) such work is easily lost.
Johannes
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