Fitting more staves on a page

• May 23, 2023 - 21:48

Having an amazing time importing and transposing PDFs for my church choir.

However, I can't seem to fill the page with staves. See attached; I'm getting three or even only two systems per page. Adjusting the page / staff spacing literally doesn't seem to make any difference. Nothing changes.

I've noticed that MuseScore sometimes behaves differently right after I save the file and so have gotten into the habit of a quick ctrl-S after every successful edit. But that's not helping here either.

In the interest of saving trees - ideas? Thanks.

MuseScore 4.0.2, Win 10.

Attachment Size
Gloria.mscz 33.05 KB

Comments

There is a Page break at the end of the third system, and others later in the piece.

Especially after importing a file, if you are getting formatting issues, it's best to make everything that is hidden visible again. View >Show >Show formatting and tick to make formatting marks visible and you will see System breaks and Page Breaks.

breaks.png

If you click on each Page break and press [Enter], they will be replaced with System breaks and you can fit your piece onto two pages:

Attachment Size
Gloria small.mscz 41.98 KB

Do you still have an unanswered question? Please log in first to post your question.