'Margins/Layout'

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Margins/Layout - Dizz, 13 Feb 08:50PM
     Re: Margins/Layout - Robin Walker, 13 Feb 11:00PM
         Re: Margins/Layout - Dizz, 14 Feb 05:13PM
             Re: Margins/Layout - Dizz, 14 Feb 05:28PM
                 Re: Margins/Layout - Robin Walker, 14 Feb 06:19PM

Margins/Layout
Posted by Dizz - 13 Feb 08:50PM
I guess I do not understand margins. The bottom margins in this score are unacceptable and I cannot change them successfully. It's probably a simply button push that I'm missing. I've read all I can find without success. HELP, PLEASE!
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Re: Margins/Layout
Posted by Robin Walker - 13 Feb 11:00PM
It's difficult for us to infer what you are trying to achieve.

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Re: Margins/Layout
Posted by Dizz - 14 Feb 05:13PM
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Re: Margins/Layout
Posted by Dizz - 14 Feb 05:28PM
The bottom of the music systems are all over the place. The systems need to be more uniform so that the eye going from page to page is not "hunting" all the time. Sometimes systems are doubled or tripled on a page. That's good. But many times there's too much material so that multiple systems are not feasible. Therefore, the staffs need to be spread over the page. I can do this by hand but it is time consuming. I can of course show empty bars but if I can reduce the number of score pages, this is the goal. If it were possible to press a button and have the systems spread from top margin to bottom margin and from there make adjustments by hand, that would work. Increasing or decreasing the size of the systems or spreading the distance between staffs is also possible. Also very time consuming. I can also start moving bars from page to page. PLEASE, A BUTTON PUSH TO EXPAND SYSTEMS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM MARGIN IN A SCORE.
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Re: Margins/Layout
Posted by Robin Walker - 14 Feb 06:19PM
If you want continuity of systems, then should not have "hidden" the empty staves on half the pages. You need them there for continuity of spacing. You should not space anything by hand: that will only make matters worse. Please consult the Sibelius reference concerning justification of staves to the bottom margin.

On some pages, you have too many systems: you need to insert page breaks to separate them.

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Margins/Layout - Dizz, 13 Feb 08:50PM
     Re: Margins/Layout - Robin Walker, 13 Feb 11:00PM
         Re: Margins/Layout - Dizz, 14 Feb 05:13PM
             Re: Margins/Layout - Dizz, 14 Feb 05:28PM
                 Re: Margins/Layout - Robin Walker, 14 Feb 06:19PM