User manual

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Page Setup in the category list.
4. In the Space Size section, select the staff size you want from the Rastral size menu.
NOTE
If you select Custom, you can set a custom value in the Space size eld, expressed in your
preferred unit of measurement.
You can also set a Custom value by changing the value when any Rastral size is selected.
5.
Optional: Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other layouts.
6.
Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The staff size is changed throughout the selected layouts.
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You can also change the size of individual staves.
RELATED LINKS
Staff size on page 382
Brackets and braces on page 592
System objects on page 913
Changing the size of individual staves on page 383
Changing the default staff/system spacing
You can change the default gaps between staves and systems in each layout independently. For
example, you can have smaller gaps between staves in full score layouts to accommodate more
staves, and larger gaps between systems in part layouts to give players space to add pencil
markings.
TIP
● If the staves in a layout are very close together, just decreasing the staff size might be
sucient to produce good results.
● We recommend that you set the ideal gaps to the minimum value acceptable to you, as
Dorico Elements automatically allocates additional space for other items, such as system
objects and dynamics, and avoids collisions between notes and staves above/below.
PROCEDURE
1.
Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2.
In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the default staff/system
spacing.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar,
Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3.
Click Vertical Spacing in the category list.
Layout and formatting
Page formatting
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