Page reduction does all of that, so I'm still not clear on why system reduction is the better method -- most of the page attached items I use, I either want at fixed sizes (copyright notice, page numbers, title) and they are easy to fix in the template using dummies where the fonts are set to the size I want and marked as Fixed Size. But other page-attached items I want to change proportionally as the music changes. System reduction makes me have to change them all by hand if I change my mind about the percentage. Page reduction does it all automatically, and since in my template those items I want to remain the same size no matter what are set to fixed size I don't have to change font sizes at all and can play around with the percentage until I get the appearance I want.
I'm not sure system reduction is really a preferable method for me.
Brad Beyenhof wrote:
Well, this would not have to be done if he had started with system reduction. The only reason he has to change the sizes of the text is that he is converting his default file to system reduction. He had created his default file with font sizes larger than they should have been, because the page reduction shrunk them down. With page reduction permanently at 100%, any font sizes for page-attached items are shown at actual size rather than at some modified size.
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On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 10:53 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
So tell me again how that is easier than doing page reduction where all that stuff is done automatically?
Richard Huggins wrote:
Not to state the obvious (but going ahead and doing so, in case it benefits someone else), if I go to system reduction I'll have to reduce the font size of the page text blocks by an equal percentage of the page reduction percentage I used to use, if I want the newly-printed music to look similar to previously-printed music. Eh? Example: If I previously used 30-pt font for the title but reduced the page to 80%, I will use 24-pt if the new page percentage is 100% (24-pt. being 80% of 30-pt.).
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