Changing first system indent on one flow only

[gdgross]

I found a good use for flows in a pop chart context: I’m updating more charts for my events band, and in this case, I don’t want to add all the lyrics on every verse. So I added some text with the third and fourth verses at the end. I also added a second flow, which has just 8 bars of the verse chord changes, so that the musicians don’t have to turn the page back to the first page to read the verse.

I’d like to remove the indent for these 8 bars in flow #2, as well as add more vertical space between the previous flow. (I’ve obviously already allowed the new flow to start on the same page as the previous.)

Is there a setting to achieve this, or is this a manual adjustment? (I’m trying to stay away from manual adjustments especially as I’m still learning - I want to do things the “Dorico way” when I can!

Thanks!
Geoff

[dspreadbury]

You can’t remove the indent at the start of a flow for a single flow, as the option applies layout-wide. So you’ll need to do it the other way: set the first system indent to 0 in Layout Options, and then manually indent the starts of systems you want to be indented, using the staff spacing tool in Engrave mode.

[gdgross]

got it, thanks.