Table of Contents
Page formatting
The formatting of pages in Dorico Pro is determined by a number of factors, including the layout’s staff size, page margins, the master page applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.
Condensing
Condensing is the process of showing the music for multiple players on fewer staves than normal, usually by allowing multiple instruments of the same type to share a staff, such as Flutes 1-2 or Horns 1-4. In Dorico Pro, this is an automatic process that allows you to show condensed staves in some layouts, such as full score layouts, and uncondensed staves in others, such as the part layouts.
Hiding/Showing condensed music colors
You can show notes and rests on condensed staves in gray to help you identify condensed music. Condensed music cannot be selected or edited directly.

Hiding/Showing condensed music colors

You can show notes and rests on condensed staves in gray to help you identify condensed music. Condensed music cannot be selected or edited directly.

Condensed music colors are considered annotations and are not printed by default.

Note

Condensed music colors only appear in layouts where condensing is enabled.

Procedure

Notes and rests on condensed staves appear gray when a tick appears beside Condensed Music in the menu, and black when no tick appears.