Element: page-margins
Description
Page margins are specified either for both even and odd pages, or via separate odd and even page number values.
Derived By
Type page-margins
Attributes
| Name | Type | Required? | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | margin-type | No | The type attribute is not needed when used as part of a print element. If omitted when the page-margins type is used in the defaults element, "both" is the default value. |
Content Model
Contains elements as defined in the following table.
| Component | Type | Occurs | Default | Description |
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1..1 |
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| left-margin | tenths | 1..1 | The left-right-margins group specifies horizontal margins in tenths. |
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| right-margin | tenths | 1..1 | The left-right-margins group specifies horizontal margins in tenths. |
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| top-margin | tenths | 1..1 |
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| bottom-margin | tenths | 1..1 | Margins, page sizes, and distances are all measured in tenths to keep MusicXML data in a consistent coordinate system as much as possible. The translation to absolute units is done in the scaling element, which specifies how many millimeters are equal to how many tenths. For a staff height of 7 mm, millimeters would be set to 7 while tenths is set to 40. The ability to set a formula rather than a single scaling factor helps avoid roundoff errors. |
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Referenced By
- Complex Type page-layout
Example
<page-layout>
<page-height>1545</page-height>
<page-width>1194</page-width>
<page-margins type="both">
<left-margin>105</left-margin>
<right-margin>70</right-margin>
<top-margin>70</top-margin>
<bottom-margin>70</bottom-margin>
</page-margins>
</page-layout>
