Score too big for page
ONLY on page 1 of an orchestral score, that score is suddenly too large too fit on the A4 page, and there is no room for title nor composer. I have been working on this score for three months, and suddenly this happens. Changing the "scaling" does not solve the problem, and nor does trying to add a vertical frame, nor changing the margins. The handbook is, as usual, no help whatsoever.
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Furthermore, if I try to add a text frame I get this mess (see below). What on EARTH?
Score needed
In reply to Score needed by Jojo-Schmitz
I posted a page.
In reply to I posted a page. by voxclamans
You posted an image...
In reply to Score needed by Jojo-Schmitz
... or do you mean the whole thing as mscz? By the way I've tried reverting to default, and the whole thing goes crazy, exceeding page margins all over the place. Anyway, here is the whole mscz file
In reply to ... or do you mean the whole… by voxclamans
Check this
![Screenshot 2024-11-15 173043.png]( "Screenshot 2024-11-15 173043.png")
a negative height for the title frame
In reply to Check this [inline… by Jojo-Schmitz
Fascinating, thank you. I have no idea how that happened, because i didn't adjust the title frame height EVER!
In reply to Check this [inline… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, and I have found out how to adjust it successfully.
In reply to Score needed by Jojo-Schmitz
I have now found another version of this file, which is behaving perfectly, so I'll close this thread. Thank you.
In reply to I have now found another… by voxclamans
The odd page margins in the version you attached look as though they have been misadjusted.
In reply to The odd page margins in the… by SteveBlower
many thanks, but that was an attempt to set things right. It was already wrong BEFORE I adjusted them. of course, the handbook is of NO help with any of this, as well as being the worst-indexed document I've ever had the misfortune to deal with: searching it is a complete waste fo time.
In reply to many thanks, but that was an… by voxclamans
If I set the odd margins to be the same as the even margins and in Format>Style hit the "Reset all style to default" the result looks pretty good, apart from the title frame being too short to accommodate the subtitle and the composer text being shifted to high. Those are both easily remedied by dragging the bottom handle of the frame down and dragging the composer text down somewhat.
"of course, the handbook is of NO help with any of this" See https://musescore.org/en/node/371579
In reply to If I set the odd margins to… by SteveBlower
Thanks so much for your input. The other gentleman who discovered that the title frame had a negative value was also on the right track, and putting that right has sorted it (I didn't change ANYTHING, so Lord knows how it happened in the first place!)
Will Github help? I am not a computer idiot, but WHY are all these things so fiddly, complicated, and see, for someone who comes to MuseScore as a musician, to be too designed for computer whizzes, and insufficiently friendly to musos!
In reply to Thanks so much for your… by voxclamans
My guess is that you somehow fat-fingered that frame, Clicked it and dragged its size handle
In reply to My guess is that you somehow… by Jojo-Schmitz
I daresay, with such a complicated programme it's easily done. Thank you for your help.