Insert pagebreak on score editor?

i am deeply hopeful we might see some improvements in the score editor in the next logic version, whenever that may be, god knows we need them.

but for now, the way to page break is:

this is how i make up parts where page turns are a problem - for example if you need to stick a page on to make a 3 page fold out.
- cut your region at the point you wish to make the page break.
- either turn off 'justify last bar/staff' or get it looking right with page layout tool.
- mute the region not to be printed.
- print pdf
- when you make the next pdf, you can put in an offset for the page numbers.
- turn off show names, delete the title (undo after you have printed pdf).

then again you could just wait to see if they have page breaks in LP8... 🙂

i wouldn't have thought so (there are so many other things the score needs) but you never know...

hola... bienvenu rampol 🙂 You have come to the right place for score editor geeks..

I am guessing that you want to have a section of music staves finish and then a blank space on the same page before the next staves of music, like a paragraph? Here is what I would do:

- line the regions up on the same track and where you want a 'page break' effect drag the specific region and all that follow a few bars along in time. This will create a blank gap with no stave lines. Then check the score in page view and see if it looks as you want it.

- experiment the option "justify last stave" which spreads the last stave all along the page ( even if it is only a few bars long) or compresses it leaving a nice gap

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If the above is not what you want, and it is more a question of the number of staves or lines of music on a page, then experiment with two things:

- go to the View Menu and select Print view. Blue and green lines will appear. Try dragging them around until the right number of staves appear on each page.

- Go to Layout..>Score Styles and experiment i) with the font size of the score and ii) experiment with the Space numbers... the column with the little arrows and numbers

good luck


PS .. just read what Rohan has written above: pay closer attention to what he writes. I am like a 'junior doctor' on the subject of the Score Editor. I am still doing my housemanship. Whereas you have had the luck to have the Consultant Score Editor early on his round in the Logic Hospital. It has been a difficult summer with many senior staff - such as Prof iSchwartz - on indefinite leave...

Message was edited by: musicspirit

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indeed... rampol - point taken about moving regions around not a helpful idea. I also learnt from Rohan's post: in particular the value of printing first to PDF on the desk top for a general proof read and building up the parts on the desktop page by page.

Also the idea of deleting temporarily something from the score so that particular page looks right in PDF and then Undoing once you have a clean copy of that page.

BTW guys, don't forget you can set alternating page numbers to reverse alternating.

this is for situations where you want page 1 to be on the left, for example when the 1st page turn should be on page 2.

its all very fiddly i know but at least it is easy to find.