Formatting of SATB scores.

Dorico
#1

Hi folks,

I have just finishing entering a six page SATB score and all looks well, except …

Except that the two systems on pages 1, 2 and 5 are spread out of the height of the page. I can live with that.
The other pages I still have two system but they are ‘pushed up’ to the top of the page leaving a huge amount of white space at the bottom.

Does anybody know how I can make all pages have systems that fill the page?

Thanks.

P.S. I would have attached a pdf file so you can see my issue, but pdf file types are not allowed. :frowning:

#2

Go to layout options in Setup Mode:
https://steinberg.help/dorico/v1/en/dorico/topics/setup_mode/setup_mode_layout_options_r.html

There is a setting that says what percentage of a page needs to be filled with music so Dorico will stretch it to fill the whole page.

It seems that on your pages 1, 2, and 5 the music would fill more than this percentage of the page, while on the other pages the music is shorter.

Greetings, Esti

P.S.: If you zip your pdf file, you can attach anything here (this will also come in handy if you want to add a Dorico file to a post in the future). :wink:

#3

For the record, you can access Layout options from any mode, using the keyboard binding (cmd-shift-L on mac), and you should check the settings in vertical spacing. Estigy has it perfectly right.

#4

HI,

Thanks for the advice.

I’m confused because all the pages have exactly the same format, two systems per page.

I’ve attached the output I get.

Thanks.
I vow to thee my country.zip (393 KB)

#5

My guess is that this is a case where tiny differences make big changes:

  • On pages where the Alto goes down only to Bb, the page fills to – let’s say – 70% and thus does not get stretched.
  • And on those pages where the Alto goes down to A, the page is filled 71% and thus gets stretched.
#6

Hi Folks,

After a bit of fiddling, I have the score looking the same on all pages: Two systems per page, spread out.

The setting that fixed it was 'Justify distance between staves and systems when page is nn% full.

The default value is 60%

Simply changing it to 59% fixed it up.

(Big sigh of relief.)

#7

Exactly what I thought :slight_smile:

Glad you finally got the result you want.