To
indent or move a system
It’s common practice to indent the first
system of a piece—not only for aesthetic reasons, but often to allow room
for staff names to be written out in full. The following instructions
show you how to indent or move a single system; if you want to indent
all systems, a better method would be to simply increase the page margin.
See Margins
for full instructions.
- Click the Page Layout Tool
. Each system
is surrounded by a dotted-line rectangle.
- Go to the page containing the system you want
to change.
- To indent a system, drag its upper-left handle.
To move a system, click within the staff lines and drag.
- Instead
of dragging, you can enter values directly into the number boxes. See
Edit System
Margins dialog box for more information.
- When
you’re viewing Staff Systems, you’ll notice a boldface number to the right
of each system. The numbers on the systems (the first system is number
1) help you identify each system, so you’ll be aware if the system layout
has shifted.
- From the Edit menu, choose Update Layout.
