I created a system with a fixed number of bars as a 4-bar, but after adding 12 more bars, the system is no longer a 4-bar . How can I fix it?
thanks,
In layout options, you can select a fixed number of bars per system. That way you don’t need system breaks.
I tried to do this, but it doesn’t work.
Make sure you remove all manual system breaks to allow casting off properly.
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Interestingly, I deliberately tried it with a couple of manual system breaks already in, and it successfully cast off around them. I couldn’t get it to show a big clump of measures at the end even when I added some.
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Once I removed system break, it worked. Thank you!
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It was because of the system breaks. now it works. Thank you
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It’s not just actually the system break per se, but the fact that it had the property “Wait for next.” If this property were un-checked, it would be no problem to have a system break there. When you set it to “wait for next,” that’s where the crowding starts! Dorico will keep filling the system until it sees the next break.
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Thank you, @dan_kreider! I completely “spaced” on that property. (It might be handy if it were somehow indicated in the System Break signpost.)
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