Richard, I'm sure it was just a typo, but editing the system margins
can only adjust the space between SYSTEMS, not staves (if she has
more than one staff per system, which is certainly the case in a
piece for two pianos.)
I suspect that her upper system margin is set high. This can be
dragged down manually (it's the little box in the upper left corner
of the system when Page Layout Tool is selected, and then she can
drag the whole system higher.
Katherine, I don't know which version of Finale you are using, but
all this is covered in the documentation. Check the Encyclopedia
under Page Layout.
I would further endorse David Bailey's suggestion to create your
drafts at 8.5x11 and zoom them up to 9x12 at print time. Any print
shop can do this, and you preserve your hard-won and extremely
important page layout. I often used to do this by saving as PDF
(built into the Mac OS) and bringing a thumb drive with the PDFs on
it to the print shop. (Now I have a large-format printer, so it isn't
necessary any more.)
Christopher
On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:03 PM, Richard Yates wrote:
Open the file in Scroll View and make sure that there is minimal
space above
the first staff. Select and drag all staves upwards in Staff Tool
if you
need to. With Page Layout, edit the system margins to remove extra
space
between staves.
-----Original Message-----
From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu]
On Behalf Of Katherine Hoover
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 4:22 PM
To: finalelist
Subject: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question
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.
Thanks,
Katherine Hoover
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