A system is one line of music across the page, including all the staves that constitute the staff system. This entry contains instructions for spacing, indenting, moving, or resizing systems. See Page layout for information on setting initial system position and size settings. See Measure layout, or Page turns for further instructions on laying out the measures that constitute systems.
It’s common practice to indent the first system of a piece—not only for aesthetic reasons, but often to allow room for staff names to be written out in full. The following instructions show you how to indent or move a single system; if you want to indent all systems, a better method would be to simply increase the page margin. See Margins for full instructions.
. Each system is surrounded by a dotted-line rectangle.Instead of dragging, you can enter values directly into the number boxes. See Edit System Margins dialog box for more information.
When you’re viewing staff systems, you’ll notice a boldface number to the right of each system. The numbers on the systems (the first system is number 1) help you identify each system, so you’ll be aware if the system layout has shifted.
To force a system onto the next page
Use the following technique if you’re laying out the pages of your piece and find that you need to force the last system on one page to the top of the next page.
. Each system appears, surrounded by a dotted-line.To create variable-distance systems
See To create variable-distance systems.
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