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.
System breaks
System breaks are where musical material reaches the right page margin and must continue on a new system, usually below the previous system on the same page or on a new page. Dorico Pro automatically arranges music across systems so that notes are correctly spaced and legible, but you can also control system breaks manually.
Inserting system breaks
You can insert system breaks at any rhythmic position.

Inserting system breaks

You can insert system breaks at any rhythmic position.

Prerequisite

If you want to insert system breaks in the middle of multi-bar rests, you have either hidden multi-bar rests in the layout or split multi-bar rests at the required positions.

Procedure

Select a note or item at the rhythmic position where you want to insert a system break.

For example, if you select a clef, the clef is placed at the end of the system, and the notes are moved to the start of the next system.
Press Shift-S.

Result

A system break is inserted immediately before the rhythmic position of the earliest selected item. All notations after the system break are moved to the next system.

Note

If you insert a system break in the middle of a phrase in a two-bar or four-bar repeat region, Dorico Pro does not automatically move the system break to before/after the phrase, causing it to be split across the system break.