Changing the page size and orientation

You can change the page size and orientation of each layout independently. For example, you can use a large, landscape page in full score layouts and a small, portrait page for part layouts.

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 size and/or orientation 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 Size section, select a page size from the Size menu.

    For example, you can select fixed page sizes, such as A3 or Letter, or select Custom to define your own page size.

  5. Optional: If you selected Custom, change the Width and Height of the page in any of the following ways:
    • Enter values into the value fields.

    • Click the arrows beside the value fields.

  6. Choose one of the following options for Orientation:
    • Portrait

    • Landscape

  7. Optional: Repeat steps 2 to 6 for other layouts whose page size/orientation you want to change.
  8. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The page size is changed for all the selected layouts.

Note

Changing the page size of layouts might not change the paper size automatically selected for those layouts in the Print Options panel in Print mode. For example, if your default printer cannot print the page size selected for layouts, the largest paper size the printer can handle is selected. Similarly, if you had already set options for printing layouts before changing the page size in Layout Options, Dorico attempts to preserve your original print options.