Changing page margins

You can change the page margins of each layout independently, for example, if you want wider margins for layouts in your project that will be spiral bound.

Procedure

  1. In Setup mode, choose Setup > Layout Options.

    The Layout Options dialog opens.

  2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the page margins in one of the following ways:
    • Click Select All.

    • Click Select All Full Score Layouts.

    • Click Select All Part Layouts.

    • Click Select All Custom Score Layouts.

    • Ctrl/Cmd-click individual layouts.

    • Shift-click adjacent layouts.

    By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.

  3. Select Page Setup from the Category menu.
  4. In the Page Margins section, choose one of the following options for Page margins:
    • Same

    • Different

    • Mirrored

  5. Optional: Change the margin values in any of the following ways:
    • Enter values into the value fields.

    • Click the arrows beside the value fields.

  6. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The page margins in the selected layouts are changed. Any frames in the selected layouts with fixed constraints are automatically moved or resized as required.