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If you do not select a specic paper size, Dorico Elements automatically chooses a paper size that

is based on your computer's locale settings. For example, if these are set to a European country,

an international ISO standard might be used, such as A4. If they are set to a North American

country, one of their typical standards might be used, such as US Letter.

If you have dened a page size for your layout that is larger than a typical standard, Dorico

Elements automatically chooses the next larger paper size, provided that your printer supports

this. For example, if the layout's page size is larger than A4/US Letter, A3/Tabloid is used.

If you print to a different paper size than the layout's page size, Dorico Elements automatically

scales the image to t the paper. You can change this setting by specifying a custom scale factor

in the

Page Setup section.

Paper orientation

Paper orientation is the direction of rectangular paper for viewing and printing. Paper can have

either landscape or portrait orientation.

Instrumental parts are most often printed using portrait orientation, as this allows two or three

pages to be spread out at a time on most music stands.

Full scores for conductors are also commonly printed using portrait orientation, as this allows

more staves to t on the page than with landscape orientation. However, full scores for small

ensembles might use landscape orientation as fewer staves have to t on the page. Having more

horizontal room on the page allows more bars to t on each page, reducing the number of page

turns required.

In Dorico Elements, you can set the orientation of pages independently of the paper orientation,

for example, you can print portrait pages on landscape paper. You can also separately set

the paper orientation of the odd

nal page in layouts using the Spreads and 2-up page

arrangements.