staff spacing/sizing

Dorico
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Okay, another newbie question (and yes, I’ve searched for an answer.) I know that in Engrave mode I can change individual staff spacings in the full score or parts by grabbing or putting in a specific number of mms. But I can’t find a way to change staff spacing for a particular page or any group of staves or a whole part. And yes, I’ve tried clicking on the menu items that deal with staff spacing – but nothing happens. And yes, I’ve also tried to make a new Master page for parts…but I admit I’ve no idea yet how to use Master Pages. (When I create a new Master Page and choose to edit it, I see nothing useful to change. I know the manual touts their utility, but at this point I’m still bamboozled by the abstraction. Similarly, I can’t change staff sizes globally. I presume ther’e some easy to get to location where such defaults can be reset, but I haven’t found it. Although I’m terribly embarassed to ask such a basic question, I’d appreciate a bit of help.

–N

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normberk, you can change the staff size globally fot each layout in Setup Mode by going to the Page Setup settings.

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And you can change the staff size locally by inserting a manual system break, selecting it and setting a value in the properties panel.
The staff spacing settings can also be set individually for each layout in Layout Options, Vertical Spacing. I think you can’t change them for one page only.

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Klaus has given you a nudge in the right direction, but to make it completely clear: go to Setup mode, and from the Setup menu choose Layout Options, or click the cog item at the bottom of the Layouts panel, or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L (which you can actually use from any mode, not only Setup mode).