Page layouts

In Dorico Elements, the layout of pages is determined by their margins, the master page applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.

Casting off, meaning the process of determining a set number of bars per system and systems per page, allows you to fix a regular appearance across entire layouts.

System and frame breaks allow you to adjust layouts on a local level, by determining which bars are shown on each system and where music is pushed into the next frame.

Frames cannot exceed the boundaries set by the margins of the layout, which you can change on the Page Setup page in Setup > Layout Options. You can change the size of margins in millimeters on each edge of each page, and choose one of the following styles of margins:

• Same

  All pages in the selected layouts have the same margins.

• Different

  Left and right pages in the selected layouts can have completely different margins.

• Mirrored

  Left and right pages in the selected layouts use the same margin values but they correspond to inside/outside edges of pages.

Music frames in the default master pages have padding that ensures musical material displayed within the frame remains on the page. For example, if music frames have no padding, the top line on the top staff in the frame is positioned at the top of the frame. Any notes that require ledger lines above the staff might then be positioned off the top of the page. You can change the padding of all music frames in each layout in Layout Options.