Measure width
WHY are the last four measures of my 4 staff choral SATB arrangement extra long and the last measure is hanging by itself at the bottom of the last page, especially when the rest of the piece is fitting 7 measures to a staff?
Am I correct in thinking this notation software is more for hearing your stuff played back than it is printing for someone to read?
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> Am I correct in thinking this notation software is more for hearing your stuff played back than it is printing for someone to read?
Definitely not!
The space required by the bars depends on the content. However, you can reduce the extent of the layout by using the '{' key. And there are some other possibilities (page border, staff size, page size).
Maybe it would be helpful if you attach your score.
In reply to > Am I correct in thinking… by HildeK
It's the last four measures. They don't seem to behave the same way as the rest of the staves. (See sttached)
In reply to It's the last four measures… by scorwitz@gmail.com
You have a system break on the penultimate measure. Delete that and the final measure will be re-attached.
However, even after that the final system looks a bit "loose". The score would probably benefit from some format tweaks. As a start you could select everything and play with increasing/decreasing stretch using the { and } keys.
In reply to You have a system break on… by SteveBlower
Who knew? Thank you! I do know how to play with the stretch, as I had been trying that, to no avail, on the last bit.