Export PDF -> wrong layout
Hello. I'm exporting a multi-part score to separate PDFs. I have it formatted using 4-bar lines.
When I export, MS4 is not obeying my formatting beyond a certain point (bar 9) in the piece, after which it's all squished together (except for the guitar part, where MS4 behaves correctly).
Any ideas on how I can remedy this?
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It's impossible to tell from a picture. That just demonstrates the symptoms. Please attach the score (.mscz file) so that the underlying cause can be diagnosed.
In reply to It's impossible to tell from… by SteveBlower
Thanks for the correction. Done.
The formatting of the main score (including system breaks) does not copy over from the main score to the parts. You will have to add the system breaks also to the parts.
In reply to The formatting of the main… by AndreasKågedal
I have found that to be impossible.
When I try to add a break to any part/system below the topmost one (trumpet), all that happens is the original break (above the trumpet system) disappears. In other words, I can only toggle that one, not add any others.
In reply to I have found. that to be… by divided-words
You must add the system breaks in the individual parts while viewing/editing each individual part
Adding them in the score only affects the score. This makes sense as while viewing the score you would not be able to see the effect of the breaks in the parts. Also you are generally unlikely to want breaks in the score in the same places as in the parts.
In reply to You must add the system… by SteveBlower
I'm quite new to MS. I didn't know there was a way to view/edit parts individually. How does one do that? I assume it's not just the eye icons in the instruments panel, because when I look at parts individually that way, the formatting marks from the score are there too, cascaded downwards so-to-speak. Likewise, when I strip the formatting marks from the score, and then re-add them to an individual part, they appear in every other part and at the score level.
In reply to I'm quite new to MS. I didn… by divided-words
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/parts#opening-a-part
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Jm6stringer
Ah-hah! That has done it.
Many thanks @jm6stringer and to everyone else up-thread.