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I am transcribing two-voice melodies (from Timor-Leste) where the lower voice holds a moving drone. Sometimes the drone is articulated together with a new syllable in the melody, but often it is sustained through many syllables. I would like to simply mark the beginning of drone pitch--say, with a w...

Andy and Mike: In my defense, I never knew about the Document Setup page. When I chose Hymn format (for the reasons I explained earlier), I didn't know it would commit me to a miniature size. I was indeed printing it on letter-size paper and getting vast margins. Now if I choose Letter size (instead...

OK, I think we're getting closer to a solution. The page is so small because I chose Hymn format, and those are the dimensions Sibelius gives for that format. I chose Hymn only because the songs I transcribe tend to require only two systems of two staves each. I used to use Barbershop format, and th...

I didn't finish entering the settings in the previous post:

Staff margins:
Full names 0.84 0.94
Short names 0.26
No names 0.06 0.5

After first page:
Full 0.5
No 0.3

Bah. The screen shot is too big, so this forum rejects it. Here is the information, in inches: Page size: Hymn (5.75x8.25) [PS: I'm not doing hymns, I'm transcribing two-voice songs from Timor] Width: 5.75 [note: width is the crucial parameter. In fact, when my transcriptions print out, the width of...

Hello, Mike Lyons. I'm sorry to be so obtuse, but I cannot find the Document Setup page you display. Clearly that is what I need, because I will be able to change those margins, but I can't find it. I did a Google search on "document setup," and I tried to follow the instructions I found, but they d...

I'm confused. What I sent you was not my page setup settings? Or did my screen shot not appear? I'll try it again. All four margins are set unalterably at 0.166. [attachment=0]Screenshot (74).png] My operating system is Windows 10, and I am using Sibelius 8.6.1. The printer driver is Brother MFC9340...

Thank you for replying. See attachment. But when I try to change those margin numbers and press OK, nothing happens, and when I go back into the page setup they have returned to the same margins (0.166) they were before. As for Layout>Document Setup, that's where I try to change the staff size and t...

I'm using Sibelius 8.6, printing one-page scores to a Brother MFC 9340 CDW. The Layout tab of the program gives me a standard staff size (4.0 mm), which I usually want to increase. But whatever changes I make on the Layout tab, the printed version comes out with two-inch margins on both left and rig...