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bclplyr
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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:21 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi all -

Sometimes the last two or three staves end up smaller than everything else. I don't know what causes it, so I can't reliably reproduce it. I also haven't figured out an easy way to fix it. Sometimes I can insert measures before and re-enter the music, then delete the small staves. But that's a pain and doesn't always work. I can kinda use the staff resize tool, but I don't know exactly what percent to use.

Any thoughts? Anyone else have this issue? Since it doesn't always happen, I don't know what else to say re: what I'm doing or not doing.

I'm on Windows, Finale 2011b, but this happened with at least the previous version I owned (2009) and with my old computer.

I'm hoping the attached pic will show up, otherwise I'll be back in a bit to try another.

Lori

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jms3music
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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:23 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This has occasionally happened to me using PrintMusic, but closing PM and then reopening the file remedied that issue.

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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:25 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Now that I can see your file attachment, this is normal. Finale/PrintMusic will resize the final measures to fit the full width of the printable area of the page.

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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:28 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I just tried going out/in, and it's still small :( Oh, and the picture is correct now - uploaded the wrong one the first time. While I managed to do the insert/delete measures trick on the piece in the picture, it's now happening on the current piece I'm working on.
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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:30 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
The width, yes, but the entire last staff seems to be about 90% in height/note size/etc. That's the part that's bothering me.
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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:33 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This is easy to fix using the resizre tool What caused it is one thing. How to fix it will be a different instruction.

This system is mis-sized. In the Resize Tool, right click on thje first system of the piece. Choose Resize System. Set it to Systems 1 through end of piece. Then OK.

If that doesn't fix it, then report back.

Zuill

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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:36 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
It looks to me as though you have a different system reduction for the last stave. Page Layout>Resize Staff System (that's with F 2010, it may be slightly different in 2011, but the same principle will apply).

EDIT: Or simpler probably, do as Zuill says

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Post Edited (David Ward) : 6/2/2011 4:41:09 PM (GMT-5)

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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:48 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Aha! Yay! I knew there had to be an easy solution. I don't spend a lot of time with the resize tool (and was focusing on the small staves instead of noticing that it was the previous staves that were actually too big). I got Zuill's suggestion to work, but didn't have any luck going through Page Layout. Apparently all but the last couple staves were at 116%. I still don't know why it does that, as it's happened in a few different situations.

But at this point I don't care why since I have a solution. Thanks for everyone's quick help!
Lori
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  		   Posted 6/2/2011 4:58 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I'm glad you got it fixed. I just tried the Page Layout Tool method and it worked fine. Check to make sure the settings are set correctly, if you ever want to try that method.

Zuill

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