Dmitry, The way to do that is to just open a new score in Lime. It will default to the letter paper size. Depending upon how dense the music is, 4 measure per page should be fine, but keep only one system per page. (After completing the following steps, we will format and rotate the page so that it reads in landscape mode, which is proper for an orchestral score.) 1. Start in the Parts and Voices dialogue: Alt, v, v. Make the first part "Flute". Then start adding the other parts. (For now, keep the pairs of instruments on separate staves. We'll combine them after entering all the notes in.) Once you have all the parts in the correct order, hit enter. Save the piece. 2. Enter all the notes into all the parts. Be sure to delete any extra measures at the end of the piece and place your double bar line. Save the piece. 3. Once you've got all the notes entered in, we can format the page: Alt, f, l, will give you the "Layout" dialogue. First set "Points to left of Staff: At start of piece" to 100. This will leave room for your labels. A4 paper size is slight larger than "letter" size, so the dimensions of the printable area should be reversed for landscape mode: 7.6 by 10.1. Hit enter to accept your changes and exit the Layout dialogue and the "Print Setup" dialogue will open automatically. Select the radio button for "Landscape" and hit enter to accept your changes and close the dialogue box. Now your piece is set to print in landscape mode on A4 size paper. Save the piece. 4. Now you can go back to "Parts and Voices" and combine the oboes, clarinets, and other pairs. Hit enter to accept your changes. Save the piece. 5. Now select the first note of the first staff, type Alt, a, t, l (for Labels), and type "Flute" to label the first staff. Do the same for the other staves. (For oboes 1 and 2, select only the first note of the oboe 1 part and enter the label "Oboes". This will label the staff for both oboes.) Save the piece. 6. Finally, enter your Title, tempo, and any other annotations you want. Do this after all the other steps so that Lime formats the annotations properly. Save the piece and print it. The paper will come out of the printer with the top of the page on the right side of the printer. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Andy English www.papermusic.org Music consultation and transcription services. -----Original Message----- From: goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:goodfeel-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dmitry Budnikov Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:07 AM To: goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [goodfeel] making an orchestral score Hello all! I need to make an orchestral score and then print it out on a4 paper. I was thinking, that the template provided with Lime aloud will suit my needs, but I have discovered, that the paper size in the “layout” dialog is set much larger then I usually do for a4. Could someone tell me settings for approximately good looking orchestral score (settings in layout dialog, measures per systems and systems per page settings, ETC). I am going to print the score for 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings without the contrabass. I will not be using percussion, piano, harp and any brass except horn. Bass clarinet and contrabassoon are also not be in use. Thanks in advance. Dmitry.