System Spacing in Parts

Sorry to send a screen shot on this one but I have not yet figured out how to send a separate part as a separate file yet. Is there a way to tell Dorico to space all the systems on this part out equally to cover both pages? I have watched numerous videos on Engraving Mode and can move systems individually but it is time consuming. There must be a way to get Dorico to space everything out evenly for both pages.
Thanks in advance for any input.

Since this part is two page long, I would suggest this :
Layout options > Select that part. Then Page Setup>Page number, start on page 2, so that the two pages are opened on the stand. Insert a frame break (shift-F) on 55, so that it could also work with an iPad. Always in Layout options>Vertical spacing>Justification, make sure the settings are ok for you, so that all pages are filled as you wish.

One way is, as Marc suggests, to spread the music out more (eg have more system breaks, such as at 31) to fill 2 pages.

If you have a situation where that really isn’t a good solution, and you want the last page to spread out more but still only be c 2/3rds full, you can either:

  • increase the minimum gaps between systems in Layout Options, whilst keeping that last page below the threshold for vertical justification
  • Reduce the height of the music frame (ie move the bottom of the blue frame up, either as a local page override or as a custom page template)

And if you’d be happy with it filling the entire height of the page, you could just lower the layout’s threshold for vertical justification (ie so even not very full pages still justify vertically). That’s also in Layout Options again.

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Marc and Lillie,
Thhank you both for taking the time to respond to my formatting question. There is a lot to absorb here and I will spend time today trying to analyze what you have suggested and implement a fix based on your input.

Thanks again. I will work on it.