How do you add page numbers to a score?
At least for me, it's not the least bit intuitive.
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Go to Style > General… Header, Footer, Numbers, and enter "$p" in the places where you want the numbers to appear.
In reply to Go to Style > General… by Isaac Weiss
The first page does not display a page number by default. If you want to display a page number on the first page you must change from $p to $P for odd numbered pages.
In reply to The first page does not by drZin
Or $N, to show page numbers on all pages, but only if there is more than just one page. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/score-properties#header-footer
In reply to Go to Style > General… by Isaac Weiss
Doesn't work for me.
In reply to Doesn't work for me. by MaryK
Please explain in more detail what you are trying to achieve and attach the score where this doesn't work for you.
In reply to Doesn't work for me. by MaryK
As mentioned elsewhere, page numbers should already be on by default - you aren't supposed to have to do anything to enable them. So if you have a score where they are not displaying, it must be that they were previously turned off - either by you or by whomever originally created the score or the template you were working from. You will thus need to turn them back on. Since this thread is over five years old, the details have changed, now the header and footer are in Format / Style, not Style / General. but aside from that it's basically the same.
If you continue to have trouble, please attach your score so we can understand and assist better.
In reply to As mentioned elsewhere, page… by Marc Sabatella
Still doesn't work for me. Here's the score.
In reply to Still doesn't work for me. … by MaryK
Page numbers are there. Look closely at the bottom center of each page.
You may need to change the page margins since the numbers are very close to the edge of the page and may not print.
In reply to Still doesn't work for me. … by MaryK
Indeed, as mentioned, the page numbers are there. But, you've changed your page settings to make the bottom margin unusually small, and this in turn is pushing the page number unusually low on the page. Also, you're using a very old version of MuseScore, which has different defaults than current versions, and in particular, it puts the page number at the bottom instead of top of the page as current versions do.
Note however that page numbers are normally enabled by default - if you aren;t seeing them in your score, it must be because at some point some customization you or someone else made removed them. If you need help in understand how the page numbers became lost on your score, then please the score and explain where it came from (imported from MusicXML? an earlier version of MuseScore? created from scratch within MsueScore 2 using some third party template?)
In reply to Note however that page by Marc Sabatella
I think the issue is with files from the Musescore web library that I have been downloading and then tried to edit to my own satisfaction.
How do I make the numbers bigger? I don't find it
In reply to How do I make the numbers… by Manuela Celeste
"How do I make the numbers bigger? I don't find it"
Do you mean page numbers?
In that case:
Format > Style... > Text Styles > Header (or Footer) > Edit text style > Size
Whether it is in Header or Footer depends on where you place the $p symbol.
In reply to How do I make the numbers… by Manuela Celeste
page numbers are part of header or footer, so follow Format > Style > Text styles > Header/Footer