Fitting score to one page

21 years ago

In NWC I have always been able to squeeze a piece of music onto one page with a bit of fiddling with visible staff properties in F2 and altering staff size etc. In NWC I seem unable to do this with the flexibility I'm used to. I'm stuck with a piece going over the page, only by a bar, when I have inches of room on the first page and no amount of tweaking seems to sort it. I'd be grateful for some feedback on this as this is something I do all the time.

Re: Fitting score to one page

Reply #1 – 21 years ago

Sorry sorted it, I didn't realise I still had the lyrics set to 4 lines!!!

Re: Fitting score to one page

Reply #2 – 21 years ago

Things you might try...

(1) Are you using lyrics? If so, be aware that note spacing is often "stretched" by the need to accomodate the symmables. You can try using a smaller lyrics size. If there happens to be a single syllable that ruins it for all (too big a word), try omitting the syllable as lyrics, then adding it as text.

(2) I assume you know that page layout is affected by your chosen printer, and by the margins you selected. Just checking.

(3) Is the one extra bar a final ending (as with a song with several verses, and a longer duration for the final note)? If so, consider faking the final measure by adding that note as text.

(4) Try specifying a printer page size somewhat larger than you will actually use for printing (or, specify margins narrower than you intend to use). If the music fits, creat a placeable metafile, and put it into a word processing document, where you can scale it to fit the page.