Matthew :
A quick question, is there an easy way to copy a staff layout from one
page to another?
I don't mean an optimization per se (which can be done using TG Tools
Staff List Manager), but rather, the position of systems on a page.
I suppose that depends upon what one means by easy, but my answer would
be "yes". I should also note that most of my work is with choral music,
where the music is mostly (though not always) uniform throughout the score.
When I set up a document initally, I first make certain that the blank
score contains a sufficient number of blank measures, by adding
additional measures with the measure tool. Next, I set up the system
margins for the second page of music (the text blocks that appear on the
first page--dedication, title, lyricist, copyright, &c, make that a
special case which so I set up the layout there last) so that the
systems are laid out the way I want them to be. When I am satisfied with
the appearance of the second page of music, I use the "edit system
margins" item from the page layout tool, and apply the settings for the
top system on the second music page to all of the remainder of the
systems in the composition. Then I work my way through the score, and
beginning with the second page, apply the settings for the remainder of
the systems on the second page of music to subsequent pages by using the
"edit system margins dialog box", choosing the margins for system 2 on
that page, and applying them to the second systems on subsequent target
pages (and in fact, since I usually use the same margin settings for all
systems on the page but the first, I need only copy the system margin
settings from the second system on the second page to all the margins on
the target page.
It's taken me longer to try to describe, than to do.
ns
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