Hi, Is there a way to change spacing options but have it affect only one page? In this case, the second page is exactly like I want it, but the first page would have plenty of room to give a little more space between lyrics and staves, both top and bottom. However, if I go into Engrave options and …

Hi @lavon , in such cases is always better to post a Dorico file, so you will be answered faster. May I remember you the Forum Guidleines (in particular #4): [image] Four simple guidelines to help us help you Dorico We are proud to say that the Dorico forum is friendly, su…

There’s isn’t a staff spacing equivalent to the Note Spacing Change functionality, no – but it’s something that’s been requested before.

@Christian_R , thanks for the reminder. I’m so used to using screenshots in other communications (email, etc.) that I just default to that without thinking. Here’s the file: Soaring On Wings.dorico (971.0 KB) So I take it from your replies that the best option here is to make manual adjustments on…

That’s one quick way. Or you can reduce the spaces and keep them uniform by resizing the music frame on that page. But that results in a page override, the kind of thing that can be lost when the music changes. A more robust method is to change the frame on the first-page template. This is appropri…

Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but I don’t think this would relate to my problem… I have played with frames and templates, but in this case I don’t want to move the bottom of the bottom system up any, nor the top of the top system down any. Rather, I want the distance between the top and bottom staves …

If I’m recalling correctly, in Sibelius there is a control for the proportion of stretching allocated between staves vs. systems by justification. I don’t think there is such a control in Dorico. But if you increase the 2nd percentage under Vertical Justification to 100%, or very high, Dorico will …

Right, the justification of staves had somehow slipped my mind, even though I am familiar with it. In this case, it is already justifying staves and systems. Because there is three verses, I do still think it could look better with wider systems and less space between systems, but the realisation th…

Hi @Lavon , here my try (only with a couple global adjustments, no manual dragging). You can see what I have done (the differences from your file) in the Library manager (loading this file and your posted file and comparing it to this one, showing only the differences). The first thing to maintain t…

Thanks, @Christian_R ! I learned some very useful things from your post. First and foremost, I was not aware of the compare options in the Library Manager. This is invaluable! It looks like most of the settings shown as not equal between the two files are not related, just system settings that you h…

Hi @lavon , you are welcome. [image] Lavon: just system settings that you have different defaults for. yes sorry , some settings (differences) where present in my Default library and where not related to the current discussion …but anyway you found the Lock layout thing, and I think I increa…

Adjust vertical spacing for a single page?

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Christian_R September 19, 2024, 12:58pm 2

Hi @lavon, in such cases is always better to post a Dorico file, so you will be answered faster.

May I remember you the Forum Guidleines (in particular #4):