distance between staves

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maxxzz
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Post by maxxzz » Mon Jan 22, 2018 7:45 pm

How do I change the distance between the staves equally in one step? When I changed the size of my page from tabloid to letter music spills below the bottom of each page. I want only to nudge the staves a little closer to each other. I've attached the first and second pages. I individually moved each staff on the first page. Thanks.
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Post by N Grossingink » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:20 pm

See the attached file. What I did:

Go to the Staff Tool and highlight a measure "stack" (vertically, top stave thru bottom stave). Go to the Staff Menu and select "Respace Staves". Under "Space Above Selected Staff", there are 2 methods of respacing - a measurement and a percent scaling. I chose the measurement and after a few tries arrived at .97 inch. There were a few staves that needed more room above them - there was space at the bottom, so I moved those staves down and the staves below them followed.

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Post by maxxzz » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:27 pm

I knew it was easy. I forgot that on my laptop I have to reduce the size enough to drag through ALL the handles. Many thanks.
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