How to fix random page breaks in score

[MarcPeters]

Hi all,

I am finishing up my score, but for some reason, a lot of the parts in it like to create page breaks when I never intended to and there are none in the full score. If I remove a page break sometimes it will fill in the empty space on the page, which is good, but the line break is gone. If I break it where I want to, it moves back to the other page. Attached are what it looks like with and without the page breaks.

[MikeLyons]

Go to Parts--> Part appearance--> All parts and turn off the bloody useless autobreaks. Also untick "keep page breaks". Then format the parts yourself.

[MarcPeters]

Thanks. I’ll try that. I only started looking at the parts section yesterday.

[MikeLyons]

I have to say that I hate with a passion the Sibelius defaults for page breaks. They seem to have been chosen to suit a certain kind of music which I don't write. They just get in the way. Formatting the parts by hand isn't that onerous a task.

[canolfan]

Also, after you've fixed your page breaks, you might consider using 'short' bar rests. . . (Appearance>Engraving Rules>Bar Rests). They are much easier for the player to read and take up a lot less space!