Compress measures
A measure has gotten bumped to the next line. I want it back to form a single line. Is there a way to compress measures so this can happen? I've attached a PDF to show what's happened. Thanks.
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Comments
Format/Stretch ?
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/layout-and-formatting#layout-stretch
In reply to Format/Stretch ? by Shoichi
That has some effect, but not enough. There seems to be a limit to how much you can decrease the stretch.
In reply to That has some effect, but… by Edmund LeRoy
Format/Style/Page Settings->Scaling
Can you attach here the score you are having problems with?
In reply to Format/Style/Page Settings-… by Shoichi
I got your workaround. Thanks. I'm using a 9x7 page because it will paste better into the document where it will appear. I tried reducing the font size, and that seemed to do it. The notes are a little skewed, but I can live with it.
In reply to I got your workaround… by Edmund LeRoy
The notes are skewed because you made a whole bunch of manual adjustments, most of which were not needed and counterproductive. Press Ctrl+A to select all, then Ctrl+R to reset your adjustments, then Format / Stretch / Reset Layout Stretch to reset those adjustments, which were also not correct. Things will instantly be much better. Note spacing still won't be completely even, nor should it, because you've got syllables of different lengths and you have a very tight spacing in Format / Style / Measure (presumably in an effort to get it all on one line), but it won't be as far as off as it was before. In 3.1, the default spacing for lyrics will work better, so you will be able to reset your adjustments to spacing and measure width as well, and then it will fit on one line and look about as even as one could expect:
This is all defaults, no manual adjustment or changes to style settings whatsoever (except the page size change). Only thing I'd even consider adjusting from here is the space after "forth". But really, if that's going to be the page size you print at, I'd consider just shrinking the overall staff size instead.
In reply to That has some effect, but… by Edmund LeRoy
Also, don't just stretch that single measure. Rather select all measures that should fit onto that line and then reduce the stretch for all of them at once, so their relative widths are preserved.
If that doesn't cut it, then indeed, reducing the scaling is likely the way to go.