While I’m drafting out this piece I occasionally get systems which overlap (see page 5 bar 211). Sometimes the overlap is even greater and two systems are superimposed.
The only way I can fix this is to keep adding bigger and bigger gaps to my layouts - that seems a ‘funny fix’. Have I missed a flag somewhere in the docs -perhaps a flag that says “never overlap systems”?
Adjusting those values will not enlarge your paper size… If there isn’t enough space, then these values can not be applied.
Go to Engrave Mode, make sure you have Signposts visible.
Read out the percentage at the very bottom of your layout. If the signpost is red and shows a value exceeding 100% then you will choke Dorico.
Slightly reduce staff size until it shows 100% or less.
Thanks as always for helpful answers. My big mistake was using “Minimum Gaps” to do what “inter-system ideal gap” does.
Yes - This is a layout for composing to provide the maximum number of notes displayed on the screen (and yet provide sufficient gap so that dynamics and system track never overlap).
In this layout I’m constantly adjusting the height of this page to put the contiguous passages I’m ‘improving’ in the centre of a page (at large zoom). Much better than trying to work on a passage split between the bottom of one page and the top of the next. Gallery view has its uses but only a few measures are visible (even on large monitor).
(Now a “Gallery View with Wrap” - presenting three to five horizontal “Gallery views,” well vertically separated on the screen, would be a marvellous enhancement).