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Staves Covering Text

Dear Friends,

I printed out a score with fifteen staves in landscape mode, and the copyright text at the bottom, my name, and the title was covered up by the staves.
It's probably my fault that all the text is covered by the staves (because of the number of staves) but there is enough space for them to printed.
Can you see a quick fix?
I'm using version 1.50.
(the staves were printed in size 11 - any smaller would be too little)

Your useful feedback would be loved.

Re: Staves Covering Text

Reply #1 –
This indicates that you are trying to print more than will fit on a page. You have several choices:

- reduce the staff point size (from File Page Setup)

- reduce the veryical size of one or more staves (Staff Properties)

- reduce the size or turn off the title page info (this may make enough room, depending on how close you are to making it all fit)

Re: Staves Covering Text

Reply #2 –
You can also try printing on legal size sheets. I did this recently. I set the lower margin for 1 inch to 1.5 inches, so that the final copy was actually in a space of 8.5 in x 12 in, instead of 8.5 x 11 in. The extra inch gave me the needed room, while the page was not too tall for my taste. Clearly, if you enjoy legal size, go ahead and take advantage of the extra space. You can adjust the ultimate length to suit your own needs.