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.
Player labels
Player labels identify the players to which notes on condensed staves belong. They are usually used to indicate a change in how music is condensed, such as going from having different parts to playing in unison or from all players having separate stems to some players sharing a stem.
Hiding/Showing player labels
You can hide/show player labels individually, for example, if you want to hide the player labels automatically shown at the start of systems when multiple systems fit on the same page.

Hiding/Showing player labels

You can hide/show player labels individually, for example, if you want to hide the player labels automatically shown at the start of systems when multiple systems fit on the same page.

Procedure

In Engrave mode, select the player labels you want to hide/show.
In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate Hide in the Player Labels group.

Result

The selected player labels are hidden when Hide is activated, and shown when it is deactivated.

Signposts are shown at the position of each hidden player label. However, signposts are not printed by default.

Note

This only affects player labels in the current layout, but you can copy property settings to other layouts.
If you do not want to show player label signposts, choose View > Signposts > Player Labels. Player label signposts are shown when a tick appears beside Player Labels in the menu, and hidden when no tick appears.