Spacing Margins on Lead Sheet?

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Logandrum
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Post by Logandrum » Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:15 am

Hello, after printing my lead sheet I noticed the margins seem a bit off... There is a good amount of space on the left side versus the right.. How can I get the staves evenly spaced on both left and right side..

I went to Document-Page Format-Score and I tried changing some parameters and nothing changes?

Last, I also want to make the measures a bit larger so they take up more space on the page...

Thank you!


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Post by miker » Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:06 pm

You can do it manually with Page Layout. Just drag the margins to where you want them.
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Logandrum
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Post by Logandrum » Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:01 pm

Thanks miker, EZ enuff!

Lastly, where would I go to make all the measures a bit bigger now that I got the margin spacing even?

Thanks again!

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:13 pm

Logandrum wrote:…I went to Document-Page Format-Score and I tried changing some parameters and nothing changes?…
Finale is doing what it is supposed to do, namely not changing anything until you tell Finale to change some pages, and until you tell Finale, what pages you want to be changed.
Sometimes there are pages that you do not want Finale to change.

Here is, what to do next:

Page Layout Tool.
Page Layout menu > Redefine Pages…
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Post by miker » Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:41 pm

Logandrum wrote:Thanks miker, EZ enuff!

Lastly, where would I go to make all the measures a bit bigger now that I got the margin spacing even?

Thanks again!
Use the % tool to enlarge the staves, or specify fewer measures per staff with Fit Measures.
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Logandrum
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Post by Logandrum » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:58 am

Thanks!

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