default unit of measure?
Greetings
is there a way to set default units of measure? Page settings (layout) keeps defaulting back to mm next time I open a score. I click inch, edit margins etc. But this only lasts for the session. I didn't see anything for this in Preferences.
Thank you,
Comments
No, there isn't. The Units are neither stored in Preferences nor in the Score. Or rather: they are stored in mm, and only for display converted
In reply to No, there isn't. by Jojo-Schmitz
The more's the pity. Where do I go to suggest this for the next update? It's tiresome to have to change from mm to inches for each new file.
In reply to No, there isn't. by Jojo-Schmitz
I agree, this needs to be an option.
In reply to No, there isn't. by Jojo-Schmitz
Curious, though, why you would need to do this? If it's to set margins etc, why not just save the margins you like as a template or a style file?
In reply to Curious, though, why you… by Marc Sabatella
Because I change margins for different purposes for the same and similar scores. And because I found it hard to remember which style did what when I tried styles. Major nuisance to flip through styles to see which comes close to what I need for a particular situation. Then tweak again to fix something. MUCH faster and simpler for me just to set layout margins and other settings as needed.
I have Decades of default prefs setting, layout and macro coding experience in word processing, database and spreadsheet apps, But for those more comfortable with styles, go for it!
In reply to Curious, though, why you… by Marc Sabatella
Saving as a template does not work. Saving as a style does not work. It always reverts to A4 and mm each time for every score regardless. Completely unrelated to printer settings also. Where can I set the "locality" to U.S. if that will help? Ubuntu Linux 22.04, Musescore 3.6.2.
In reply to Saving as a template does… by sweetpea8185
/etc/paperformat maybe?
In reply to Saving as a template does… by sweetpea8185
Ideally, paperformat would work, but it doesn't, and on Linux, neither does do the printer settings - it's just broken on Linux.
But saving as a style does work, if you set that style as your default in Edit / Preferences / Score. If you are finding otherwise, can you attach the MSS file you are using? Oh, also, that won't work if the template itself forces a different paper size, but I don't think any of the templates we supply do that. It's possible a custom template might force, say, octavo format for choral scores or whatever. But if the template specifies A4 or Letter, this is ignored so that the system default can be used instead - only templates that force other paper sizes get honored.
I've attached a style file that I use on my Linux systems. Definitely works to make this your default in Edit / Preferences / Score
I wish this were possible. I detest working in mm. I'd rather work in picas than mm!