Laying out Pages of a Part

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Laying out Pages of a Part

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Musician offers you convenient options for controlling how a part or score is separated into pages, and how each page is separated into systems (lines of measures). On each page, you can control the spacing between staves and between systems. You can also stretch or compress the horizontal spacing of individual measures within systems. All of these options are available in Page Layout View.

prcarrow To enter Page Layout View:

1.If the palettes are not already shown, turn on the check marks for Show Main Palette and Show Detail Palette in the View menu.
2.Click the Layout tab in the main palette.
3.Click the Page Layout View PageLayoutViewButton button.

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B816        Type SHIFT+P. If this takes you to the Page Text Palette instead, type SHIFT+P a second time to go to the Page Layout Palette.

Musician will display the Page Layout palette:

PageLayoutPaletteNavigationMusician

 

 

The various options in the Page Layout palette are summarized here:

 

PageLayoutPaletteExplained

 

Musician will also display the score in Page Layout View, as shown below. The score will turn gray, and red "handles" (boxes for dragging staves and barlines) might be displayed.

 

prcarrow To move systems, staves, and barlines using the Page Layout handles:

1.Click the Move Barlines and Staves PageLayoutSpringsButton button in the Page Layout Palette.
2.Follow the instructions in Changing Vertical Spacing Between Systems and Staves and Moving Barlines Within a System.

prcarrow To specify a fixed number of bars per line:

B816Click the Fix Number of Bars Per Line FixNumberOfBarsPerLineButton  button in the Page Layout Palette, and then respond to the Fix Number of Bars Per Line dialog box.

prcarrow To insert a system break or page break:

B816.Click the System Break PageLayoutSystemBreakButton button or Page Break PageLayoutPageBreakButton button in the Page Layout Palette. Then click anywhere in the measure where you want the new system or page to begin. For further instructions, see Forcing a Page Break or System Break.

prcarrow To move a measure at the beginning of one system to the end of the previous system:

B816Click the Keep Measure With Previous PageLayoutKeepMeasureWithPrevButton button in the Page Layout. The click the measure you want to move to the previous system. For further instructions, see Moving a Measure to the Previous System.

prcarrow To move a system at the top of one page to the bottom of the previous page:

B816Click the Keep System With Previous PageLayoutKeepSystemWithPrevButton button in the Page Layout Palette. Then click anywhere in the system that you want to move to the previous page. For further instructions, see Moving a System to the Previous Page.

prcarrow To restore a page, or all pages of a score part, to the default pagination:

B816Click the Default Pagination PageLayoutDefaultButton button in the Page Layout Palette. For further instructions, see Restoring Default Pagination.

prcarrow To increase or decrease the overall font size:

B816Click the Increase Font Size PageLayoutIncreaseFontSizeButton button or the Decrease Font Size PageLayoutDecreaseFontSizeButton button. For further instructions, see Changing Font Size in Layout View.

prcarrow To compress or expand the overall horizontal spacing of notes and measures:

B816Click the PageLayoutIncreaseHorzSpacingLargeIncrementButton or PageLayoutDecreaseHorzSpacingLargeIncrementButton button to increase or decrease the horizontal spacing in large increments, or the PageLayoutIncreaseHorzSpacingSmallIncrementButton or PageLayoutDecreaseHorzSpacingSmallIncrementButton button to increase or decrease the spacing in small increments. For further instructions, see Changing Horizontal Spacing in Layout View.

prcarrow To freeze all of the line breaks and system breaks in a part or conductor's score:

B816Click the Freeze All Page and Line Breaks PageLayoutFreezeButton button.  For further instructions, see Freezing Line Breaks and System Breaks for Entire Score.

prcarrow To increase or decrease the default vertical spacing between staves and systems:

B816In the Part menu, choose the Font Size and Spacing command. Use the Vertical Spacing option in the Font Size and Spacing dialog box.