Ah, but that's exactly the issue -- you're moving measures by hand to another system. Finale has used its spacing algorithm to decide where it thinks measures should go, and you're overriding that. If Finale *didn't* lock the systems, then your measure would just pop back to where it came from. The lock is what keeps things where you put them.
In my workflow, I find that I most often move a measure or two down a system, in order to make more room on the previous one. So if I move a measure from system 10 to system 11, Finale does lock both of them -- and then I usually wind up unlocking system 11 so that it and the following systems will reflow. It's a minor hassle, but it makes sense because Finale has no way of knowing my real intentions -- maybe I did mean for system 11 to have one more measure, rather than wanting to have things reflow. (If I unlocked both 10 and 11, Finale's spacing algorithm would eventually put the measure back on system 10 -- either when it runs automatically or when I choose Update Layout.) Aaron. On 12/27/2014 10:22 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Thanks, I know that method and am forced to use it every time I move a > measure to another system. I am looking for a way to eliminate locked > systems. I don’t want Finale to lock anything automatically. > > Larry > > > > On Dec 27, 2014, at 1:28 AM, Craig Parmerlee <cr...@parmerlee.com> wrote: > >> And you can easily clear all locks by selecting the entire score and >> doing ctl-shft-L (I believe that is the command on Windows). >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12/22/2014 3:38 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: >>> To my knowledge, the only time Finale will lock the systems is either by >>> the keyboard command, CMD-L, or if you physically move a measure to another >>> system using the old Mass Mover tool, now the Selection tool. Otherwise >>> they stay unlocked. I know this because there have been many times where >>> I’ve forgotten to lock the systems and Finale moves measures in a way I was >>> not expecting. >>> >>> J D Thomas >>> ThomaStudios >>> >>>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Lawrence David Eden <lde...@comcast.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Happy Holidays, Listers >>>> >>>> I am using FinMac 2k11c.r1 on a Mac Mini running Mavericks. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to prevent Finale from locking my systems? I prefer to >>>> have control over this feature, instead of it having control of me. >>>> >>>> Please advise. >>>> >>>> Larry Eden >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> Finale@shsu.edu >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
