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.
Staff spacing
The vertical positioning of staves and systems within frames is known as staff spacing. Staff spacing calculations consider the height of staves and the necessary gaps between staves and systems.
Moving multiple systems simultaneously
You can move multiple systems at the same time so that the gaps between each system remain equal. This is also known as concertina dragging.

Moving multiple systems simultaneously

You can move multiple systems at the same time so that the gaps between each system remain equal. This is also known as “concertina dragging”.

Important

We recommend that you add extra pages and finish laying out your pages before moving individual staves. Individual staff spacing changes are automatically deleted if the frame in which they occur changes.

Note

You can only move multiple systems closer together, you cannot use this method to move them further apart.
You cannot follow these steps for staff spacing handles on tacets.

Procedure

In the Engrave toolbox, activate Staff Spacing.
Select the system handle on the highest system you want to move.
Alt/Opt-click and drag the system handle downwards.

Result

All systems below the selected system, until the bottom of the music frame, are moved closer together. The gaps between each system remain equal.