Space between treble and bass staves too crowded
Hi. 2.1 here. When I was using 2.0 (sigh, those were the days!), when I needed more height to the space between the two staves so that I could have room for the lyric, dynamics, crescendo lines and other furniture, I went to Style/General/Page and poked around in there and found the one that would move the treble staff higher (or the equivalent) and give me more elbow room. Now, none of the options in that window give that result. Where did it go? Beth
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Add a spacer from palette or Style/General/Page...set space
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#style-edit-gene…
In reply to Add a spacer from palette or… by Shoichi
That does not seem to do anything. It looks like I should be increasing the Staff distance but I jacked that way up to about 23 and there was no visible effect: Score looked just the same. When I jacked the Grand Staff distance way up, I could see that they jumped farther apart, but not the Staff Distance.
In reply to That does not seem to do… by Beths
Sorry to have to say it again ;-)...
Can you attach here the score you are having problems with?
In reply to Sorry to have to say it… by Shoichi
On the old version (here 2.3.2) select the first measure of the lower stave;
Hold down Shift and drag with the mouse.
In reply to On the old version (here 2.3… by Shoichi
Bingo! Worked like a charm, thanks.
In reply to Bingo! Worked like a charm,… by Beths
June is approaching... you might want to rethink the upgrade ;-)
If you were using 3.1, you wouldn't need to do anything to get space - it would be added automatically as required :-). I believe you've mentioned a slow internet connection, you could always download to a thumbdrive at a drive then take that home and install.
But, FWIW, nothing changed between 2.0 and 2.1 in this respect. The space between staves is controlled by either staff distance (for staves of different instruments) or grand staff distance (for staves of the same instrument).
In reply to If you were using 3.1, you… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, thumb drive is what I use. As to the space between staves, the controls for that didn't work, so I don't know what is wrong here. But the Shift and drag did, so I have something that does the job. Thanks.