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 Staves and Systems in the category list.
4. In the System Objects section, activate the checkboxes for the instrument families above
which you want system objects to appear.
5. Activate/Deactivate the following options for Also show below bottom staff:
● Repeat endings
● Rehearsal marks
6.
Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
System objects appear above the top staff in each bracketed group you select, provided a
bracketed group for that instrument family is included in the selected layouts. If you activated
options for
Also show below bottom staff, the corresponding notations additionally appear
below the bottom staff.
NOTE
System objects are only shown above instrument families that are bracketed or braced together.
You can change bracket grouping in each layout independently.
RELATED LINKS
System objects on page 913
System indents
System indents control the distance between the left page margin and the start of systems of
music. According to tradition, the rst system in part layouts is indented, but in modern use this
is not always necessary.
According to convention, coda sections at the start of new systems are also indented. Dorico
Elements uses the same gap size before the start of codas whether they occur partway through
systems or at the start of a new system.
A violin part with the rst system indented
In Dorico Elements, system indents automatically adjust to accommodate staff labels. For
example, if a system contains a staff label that is
signicantly longer than the minimum system
indent, Dorico Elements increases the indent on that system to ensure the staff label remains
legible and is not cut off on the left edge or collides with the music.
Staves
System indents
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