Table of Contents
Page formatting
The formatting of pages in Dorico Pro is determined by a number of factors, including the layout’s staff size, page margins, the master page applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.
Condensing
Condensing is the process of showing the music for multiple players on fewer staves than normal, usually by allowing multiple instruments of the same type to share a staff, such as Flutes 1-2 or Horns 1-4. In Dorico Pro, this is an automatic process that allows you to show condensed staves in some layouts, such as full score layouts, and uncondensed staves in others, such as the part layouts.
Player labels
Player labels identify the players to which notes on condensed staves belong. They are usually used to indicate a change in how music is condensed, such as going from having different parts to playing in unison or from all players having separate stems to some players sharing a stem.
Project-wide engraving options for player labels
You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of player labels on the Condensing page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

Project-wide engraving options for player labels

You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of player labels on the Condensing page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

The options on the Condensing page allow you to set precise distances between player labels and the staff and other items, choose whether they erase their backgrounds, change whether player numbers are separated and appended with periods or commas, and change the text shown for “to” and unison indications.

The options are accompanied by diagrams to help you visualize how they affect the appearance of your music.