Yes, I am sure you are right. But you also have to repeat the "break locks" FOR EVERY SEPARATE PART. So this little fix might end up taking a few minutes for a large orchestra score. And large orchestra scores with voiced linked parts are exactly the type of file that benefits from having a template ready to go (it's a giant pain to create those voiced part after the Setup Wizard!)
Christopher On Sun Dec 28, at SundayDec 28 11:52 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: > What could be going on with the OP is that the default file used to start > the project contained the locks already. A long-term issue with Finale is > that if you create a piece with locked systems, especially if only a system > is locked here and there, when you delete the measures the locks are > retained. The issue may have been fixed in recent versions, but if you > carried forward a default file from earlier versions, it might have this > issue. The way to fix it is to add a bunch of measures to your default file > (1000 is probably enough) then select all and unlock systems, then delete > the measures down to the number you want in your default file, then save. > > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Christopher Smith < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I, like you, wait until the end to enact staff system locks. But then >> I lock EVERYTHING! I've too often had Finale parse the spacing >> differently while printing and I end up with my 6-bar system as 5 >> bars plus one bar by itself on its own line, then the part runs to >> four pages instead of three and the 4th page only has one system on >> it. Grr. >> >> I agree wholeheartedly with your philosophy on proper part layout. I >> find, however, that having a "to coda" in the middle of a line is not >> so bad. Not having a repeat starting a system is WAY worse! >> >> Christopher >> >> >> On 28-Dec-14, at 28-Dec-14 10:51 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >> >>> I guess my work flow is different from many. I work about 95% in >>> scroll >>> mode until it is time to do final parts layouts. This seems so much >>> faster, getting more of the most useful content on the screen, >>> especially when using staff views aggressively. >>> >>> Even so, when I do switch over to page view, I generally find some >>> locks >>> have been set. I never tried to figure out why there were some locks. >>> Perhaps they were inherited by starting with a copy of another score >>> rather then setting up a fresh score from scratch each time. >>> >>> For me it is no big deal. I simply wipe out the locks and then put in >>> my new locks. I have locks on nearly every system because: >>> >>> * I pay careful attention to page turns, >>> >>> * I try to put signs at the beginning of lines and "to coda" at the >>> ends >>> of lines >>> >>> * When possible, I avoid splitting musical lines across systems >>> >>> These things all lead to more accurate reading. By taking an extra 10 >>> minutes on the layout, I can save 20 minutes in rehearsal and have >>> fewer >>> errors in performance. >>> >>> >>> On 12/28/2014 6:53 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: >>>> On 12/27/2014 7:49 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >>>>> Is this a facet of the page view mode? I work almost exclusively in >>>>> scroll mode until the final layout time and this just doesn't >>>>> come up >>>>> much as an issue. >>>>> >>>> It should never be any sort of an issue in scroll view, since >>>> there is >>>> only one very long system. >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> David H. Bailey >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
