I have vertical spacing puzzle I can’t crack. I’m guessing it is located somewhere in Layout Options but, after tweaking bunch of numbers (mostly in the ‘minimum gaps’ section), I don’t get the needed results.
In one image, there is wide spacing between the two parts. In the other image, I added 8 bars which caused to spacing to revert to the desired appearance.
Vertical justification is turned off.
Could you share the project?
I’ve had that happen sporadically and have yet to figure out what exactly causes it. I tend to get frustrated after perusing the usual setting suspects and cannot find the cause. Then, like an angry idiot, I start changing too many things to figure out what actually works.* Perhaps others have more insight.
*invariably this happens when I am on a deadline…
I can in a moment. Since it is a book I’m about to publish, I just want to share a page or so.
OK, here are two pages. I deleted a bunch of flows and dorico saw fit to throw in a bunch of blank pages. Currently not a concern so you can disregard that.
68b share.dorico (1.7 MB)
Resetting vertical spacing through the library manager? That’s a new one to me. Thank you.
That library manager is quite interesting. If I understand correctly, it gives choices as opposed to a blanket reset to factory settings. It solved my problem (thank you!) but I still wonder what setting got it off in the first place. Oh well, I can move on with my project — which is finishing this book and not gaining complete Dorico mastery.
I wish I had seen this a long time ago! Thanks for sharing!
Here’s a slightly longer primer on vertical spacing. It doesn’t fit on a single page PDF the way @benwiggy’s original does, but you can bookmark it here on the forum.
More than that, it gives you the option to transfer settings directly from one project to another, without affecting your default settings.
