Vertical spacing in player/instrument tab

[Henk_Hofman]

Hello,

I have been reading Dorico Help and this forum but still cannot get Dorico to do what used to be a piece of cake in Finale. Having made the switch to Dorico 5 and now 6 I am forcing myself to solve any issue I run into in Dorico, after all Finale has been a learning curve as well.

I did find an image from @benwiggy on vertical spacing but that used a score example. I am working on one of the players/instuments and changing numbers does not change the layout on my screen.

This is an import from Finale which I have split into multiple flows, one for each section of carnival des animaux.

Attached are 2 images, one of the first page of the score and one of the first page of instrument/player 1. I am trying to accomplish the equivalent of Finale’s space systems evenly.

I suppose I start with ctrl/shift-L but what can/should I change to get the even spacing?

If there is a document which explains settings and their effect on the layout I am happy to try reading/understanding that.

Kind regards,

Henk Hofman

Dorico - score.pdf (38.1 KB)
Dorico - part.pdf (65.8 KB)

[Christian_R]

Hi @Henk_Hofman, and welcome to the Forum.

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Your score screenshot is not clear as where are the page boundaries. So please upload your Project, for us to see the real situation.

@Henk_Hofman

the equivalent of Finale’s space systems evenly.

For parts it is suggested, as possible workflow, to deactivate Layout Options/Vertical Spacing/Collision Avoidance/Automatically resolve collisions between adjacent staves and systems (and possibly increase the inter system gaps.

Here a visual guide:

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@Henk_Hofman

If there is a document which explains settings and their effect on the layout I am happy to try reading/understanding that.

To study and better comprehend Layout, I suggest these two videos:

Learning Leading Layouts | Discover Dorico

Create your perfect music layout | Discover Dorico

[Henk_Hofman]

Hi Christian,

Thank you for your reply, I will watch the suggested videos.

I could not upload my 4,06 MB project file due to 4MB restriction hence the screen captures.
I have deleted 4 players which brought it down to 3,91 MB

Kind regards,

Henk
Carnival des Animaux - forum.dorico (3.9 MB)

[Derrek]

Part of the problem is that you overfilled the page, which does affect Dorico’s ability to space automatically.

The white space above your Headings seemed excessive, so I changed that from 10mm to 8mm, and to my eye the page spacing seems more even now.

Carnival des Animaux - forum - Acc. 1 - 2.pdf (53.9 KB)

[Henk_Hofman]

Hi Christian (and Derrek),

Just to let you know that I have watched one of the suggested videos and have begun to apply suggestions from the video.

In vertical spacing disabling “avoid collisions” turned out as a quick way of even spacing but I had to manually adjust flow headers, tempo markings and probably others I have not yet noticed. So now I am diving into help etc to learn more about settings for these so that I do not have to disable “avoid collisions” / finetune Dorico rules to match my preferences and avoid the manual adjusting bits.

It takes time but then again, when I started using Finale 27 years ago there was a learning curve too.

Kind regards,

Henk.