Katherine Hoover wrote:
I generally print on legal paper, in order to eventually have pieces
done on 9 x 12 paper at the printer. This means I have to work with
systems rather freely at times. At the moment I'm doing a piece for two
pianos, and need to get 3 systems on a page (3 groups of 4 staves.) I
cannot seem to move the second system at all, and those some others will
move and some will not. I took the time to try various things under the
page layout tool, but I was not able to solve the problem.
Again for some reason this was not a problem in my old Finale
program. Also the movement I just finished I was able somehow to work
with. But it is patently clear that I don't really KNOW what works and
what doesn't, and I'm wasting a lot of time messing around.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
Make sure that the option in Page Layout to evenly space all
systems on the page is turned off -- that way you can move
the systems wherever you want them up and down on the page.
With it turned on, the bottom system will always have it's
bottom margin at the bottom margin of the page, and the top
system will have its top margin at the top margin of the page.
I can understand your desire to get the music to print more
easily on 9x12 paper, but you could create the music at a
slightly smaller percentage on 8.5x11 paper and then simply
zoom when you print to get the music to fit the 9x12 paper
as you want. That way the shape of the paper remains the
same and what looks nice on the 8.5x11 paper will still look
nice on the 9x12 paper. I think the increase to set the
zoom at is only something like 105% or so (I haven't done it
in a while) and thus won't introduce any ugly artifacts
which can occur when you do a larger percentage increase.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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