File > Score Properties.... not working???
Hello Musescore People:
Evidently, I "fat fingered" a score a few days ago an deleted the name of the tune....This morning I tried to fix things by:
File > Score Properties and then entering the "work title," and also filled in the "arranger" box.
Then, I saved my file.... and looked at it: the new title wasn't there, and neither was the arranger.
How to I fix this?
Thank you,
Old Jimma
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Comments
What version of MuseScore? How did you try to add the title?
@bobjp: It is MuseScore 3.
@Old Jimma:
There is a titlel: "From the musical "Clowns in Clover," 1933".
If you want to change it, just double-click on the title string and edit it.
If you miss something, such as a subtitle, use the "Add/Text" menu. However, there is no separate field for the arranger. Add this to the composer or lyricist.
There is unfortunately no link between the text under 'Score Properties..." and the text field in the score.
In reply to @bobjp: It is MuseScore 3. … by HildeK
Hello Musescore responders:
It is Musescore 3.2.3
When I created the document, the process allowed me to specify a title and a subtitle. "From the Musical "Clowns In Clover, 1933" is the subtitle i entered. For the title, I entered "Don't Blame Me."
Both of these were in the file, until today... the title is missing, presumably because I "fat thumbed" it inadvertently.
Using Add > text > Score Properties, there are "boxes where I can add "worktitle" and "arranger."
Neither seem to work.
Old Jimma
In reply to Hello Musescore responders:… by Old Jimma
.... also, when I use: Add > text > title, a little box appears at the top of the page. When I try to type the title, it disappears.
In reply to .... also, when I use: Add >… by Old Jimma
For whatever reason: your font size of the title string is set to 1 pt. Set it e.g. to 15pt or 20pt. Zoom in until you can see it above in the middle of the text frame:
![Don't Blame Me_1-1_.jpg]( "Don't Blame Me_1-1_.jpg")
Or continue with the attached one.
[EDIT]
Check in Format/Style.../Text the settings of the title and correct this value of 1pt!
In reply to Why ever: your font size of… by HildeK
Interestingly enough, MU4 shows the same thing. Fix is the same also. I didn't open the file at first. Though I probably wouldn't have caught the tiny title.
In reply to Interestingly enough, MU4… by bobjp
I also didn't see the tiny font size at first and wanted to enter a new title. That's when it became clear.
And yes, MuS4 takes the font size as it is in the file.
The font size was changed by mistake. This can happen.
In reply to I also didn't see the tiny… by HildeK
Thanks, HideK:
You were right. It was shrunk!!! Thanks so much for helping me!
Stop by for coffee sometime.
Best,
Old Jimma
In reply to Thanks, HideK: You were… by Old Jimma
Thank you very much for the invitation - wherever I will find you ... :-)
Greetings from Germany!
In reply to Why ever: your font size of… by HildeK
For whatever reason: your font size of the title string is set to 1 pt.
Good catch! That's a very cunning "fat finger" the OP posesses. Cunning in the sense that the font was made much smaller (barely visible) rather than much larger (easier to detect).
P.S.
@HildeK... I see you have encountered the clever "fat finger" before:
https://musescore.org/en/node/351824#comment-1196700
@OldJimma... back then you wrote:
...that was probably caused by my fingers... that are about as deft as dinner sausages.
LOL...BTW:
You play guitar?
:-0
In reply to For whatever reason: your… by Jm6stringer
LOL.
I also only found this because I wanted to retype the title and couldn't see any text either, and then used the zoom once after all. It can't be what can't be!
Yes, 'fat finger' Old Jimma I have encountered several times. @Old Jimma: it is not meant badly! :-)
In reply to LOL. I also only found this… by HildeK
"Fat finger" is a part of being an old codger.
My fingers are the size and shape of a sausage, and have the same dexterity, fat, and smell.
In reply to Hello Musescore responders:… by Old Jimma
> It is Musescore 3.2.3
My recommendation: If you want to continue with MuS 3, update to the latest version 3.6.2, it is less buggy.
In reply to > It is Musescore 3.2.3 My… by HildeK
Hi HildeK:
I installed both 3.6.2 and 4
4 seemed to have better play back music and a new look/feel.
Do you have a recommendation between those 2?
In reply to Hi HildeK: I installed both… by Old Jimma
Unfortunately, no.
I still use Win 7, I love a well known environment (and I had some bad experiences with Win10 on my wife's laptop) and it still works well for me. MuS 4 needs at least Win10 and is the first app I'd like to use that doesn't run on Win7.
Yes, the sounds are supposed to be much better. I use 3.6.2 for my exercises (horn player, beginner in retirement age :-)) and there a perfect sound is not so important.
In reply to Unfortunately, no. I still… by HildeK
That's interesting, Hildek. i'm a guitar "beginner" in retirement age. It is a good past-time. You are right, the perfect sound is not so important. It is getting the right notes, observing how the composer wants you to play them, and tempo. 3.6.2 does that well enough... and 2.6.2 is "supported" buy Ubuntu linux.... reliable enough to be offered in the linux software distribution.
4 is pretty slick. I might use it in my next transcription, though just to experiment with it... easily doable on linux.
In reply to Hello Musescore responders:… by Old Jimma
"When I created the document, the process allowed me to specify a title and a subtitle"
Yes, but after score creation that link to the title frame is broken. As a result, any subsequent changes require you to update in two places:
File > Score Properties...
Title frame (title, subtitle, composer, lyricist)
In reply to "When I created the document… by DanielR
Thank you!!!!
In reply to "When I created the document… by DanielR
> Yes, but after score creation that link to the title frame is broken.
One of the minor bugs in 3.6.2. For me this is not a problem. I rarely use the 'score properties'.
In reply to > Yes, but after score… by HildeK
Not a bug, as it is documented that way,see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/score-properties#default-tags
In reply to Not a bug, as it is… by Jojo-Schmitz
Alright, wrong wording. It's not a bug if the linking was not intentional and it's documented that way. (RTFM :-))
I had initially expected the properties and the entries in the title to be linked.
In reply to Alright, wrong wording. It's… by HildeK
My wife says I don't work, either. I'm going to teller her that "Doing that is not in my user's manual," and then hope she isn't out there looking for a new update.
Maybe I should get updated, myself.
In reply to My wife says I don't work,… by Old Jimma
Been there, done that ;-)
In reply to My wife says I don't work,… by Old Jimma
LOL!
Always have to be on the lookout, but she has to find someone better first ...