Adjust systems per page

Dorico
1

Consider this full score layout. This is an old music XML file imported from Finale and I can’t seem to coerce it into squeezing more systems per page no matter how much I adjust the spacing settings. I don’t have this problem with any other files so I’m attributing this to the import (but it may as well be my own ignorance!):

Screenshot 2026-07-21 at 15.01.14
Screenshot 2026-07-21 at 15.01.142420×1572 422 KB

I’d like 4 systems per page if possible. How can I do that?

2

Try doing Reset Layout in Engrave mode, left panel.

Jesper

image
image642×342 14.6 KB

3

You’ve got a Frame Break here, which forces the system to a new page.

Select it and delete it (or change it to a system break if you want to force that

image
image1274×758 80.6 KB

4

You can set a fixed number under Library->Layout Options->Staves and Systems->Casting off.

Jesper

Estar por estar v01.dorico (1.8 MB)

image
image1294×288 29.8 KB

image
image1924×1254 328 KB

5

Ah yes! Once I saw your message I remembered that I went through this exact same issue with other imported files. I selected all frame breaks, deleted them, and all of a sudden the scores flows normally.

Thanks everyone else as well for your suggestions!