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Vinny Fuerst Posted
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I had a weird problem yesterday. I was editing a score (153 measures long) and I reduced the chamber orchestra template that I had used down to just 4 string parts (for the moment that is all I'll need). When I looked at the score in Page View, at measure 113 the size of the score became larger till the end of the piece. I poked around a bit and ending up using the resize tool to change the size of the end part of the score. But I'd like to know if anyone knows why that might have happened in the first place. Also, I just guessed at the size of the first part of the score and, by trial and error, tried to find a sizing that was similar for the last part. How do I find out the exact sizing of the score so that I can match them up exactly. Lastly, at measure 113 (where the larger sizing began) the layout on the page is still weird - the staffs that I reduced in size still take up more of the width of the page than the correctly sized beginning staves. I'm sure I could spend a good bit of time going though and making everything match up, more or less, but it seems like a waste of time if it's Finale itself that's doing something strange to cause these discrepancies. Thanks in advance for any help!

Vinny Fuerst

Finale 2014.5

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted
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We need more specifics in order to help. What changes at measure 113

  • page size?
  • staff size?
  • system size?
  • page margins?
  • system margins?
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Vinny Fuerst Posted
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Both the system size (4 staves, now larger) and the page margins (wider) changed.

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Edited
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To regularize the systems (and I suggest you do this on a copy of your file saved under a different name), 

  1. choose the Resize (%) Tool
  2. right-click on a measure of the last system that is the size you want
  3. choose Resize System
  4. the percent reduction of your current systems should appear in the percent boy
  5. choose the option to reduce systems from that point to the "end of the piece"
  6. click "OK"

 

 

To fix your pages (again on the copied file)

  1. choose the Page Layout Tool
  2. click on a page that is formatted as you wish
  3. from the Page Layout Menu choose the Edit Page Margins sub-option
  4. choose All Pages
  5. click "OK"

 

 

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