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options, such as page size and margins, and other page formatting, such as system and frame
breaks.
NOTE
● Part formatting propagation is only available for part layouts. You cannot propagate part
formatting from/to full score or custom score layouts.
● We do not recommend using layouts with multiple music frame chains as either source or
destination layouts as you can get unexpected results.
PROCEDURE
1.
In the Layouts panel in Setup mode, right-click the card of the part layout whose part
formatting you want to copy and choose Propagate Part Formatting from the context
menu.
2.
In the Copy formatting from list, select the part layout whose part formatting you want to
copy.
By default, the layout whose card you used to open the dialog is selected.
3.
In the Propagate formatting to list, select the part layouts to which you want to copy part
formatting.
You can use the selection options in the action bar, Shift -click adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/
Cmd -click individual layouts.
4. Activate/Deactivate Include layout options.
5. Activate/Deactivate Include system formatting.
6. Click OK to copy part formatting to the selected layouts and close the dialog.
RESULT
Part formatting from the selected source layout is copied to the selected destination layouts.
● If you activated Include layout options, layout options are copied from the source layout to
the destination layouts.
● If you activated Include system formatting, Dorico Elements copies the distribution of bars
in systems, systems on pages, and note spacing changes from the source layout to the
destination layouts.
TIP
If the formatting of the source layout relies primarily on its Casting Off settings in Setup >
Layout Options, it is likely that only activating Include layout options is sucient to produce
very similar formatting in the destination layouts without adding system/frame breaks on every
system.
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains
Local properties are layout- and frame chain-specic, meaning that by default, changing local
properties for an item in one layout does not affect the same item in other layouts or other
frame chains. You can copy the properties set on notes and items to all other layouts and frame
chains in which they appear, for example, to show gradual dynamics with the same style in part
layouts after changing their style in the full score layout.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the notes or items whose properties you want to copy to other layouts.
Layout and formatting
Part formatting propagation
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