To reduce or enlarge a system
You must be in Page View to reduce or enlarge
a system.
- Click the Page Layout Tool
. Each system
appears, surrounded by a dotted-line.
- From the Page Layout menu, choose Resize Staff
Systems. A dialog box appears, asking how to resize the system.
Click Hold Margins if you want to reduce (or enlarge) the music itself
but not the system margins, thus increasing (or decreasing) the number
of measures that fit on a line. Click Resize Vertical Space if you want
to tighten up (or expand) the space between this system and the next,
proportional to the reduction (or enlargement).
- Enter the desired reduction or enlargement
percentage. Specify the region of systems you want to affect and click
OK. The measure widths will probably appear uneven at first.
- From the Edit menu, choose Update Layout.
To restore a system to its original size, click on the Page Layout menu
and select Resize Staff Systems again. When the dialog box appears, enter
100 (%).
