How to move copyright down more so that it doesn't clash with music?
Hello!
I have some trouble with the copyright. You see, I have a long copyright that i need to add to my music but when the score gets too big, the copyright clashes with the bottom staffs (staves). 
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Format/Style/Header...
put the cursor in front of the text and use ↵
In reply to Format/Style/Header... put… by Shoichi
it's not working lol The text is still clashing with some of the bottom staffs.
![Screen Shot 2019-09-11 at 12.03.58 AM.png]( "Screen Shot 2019-09-11 at 12.03.58 AM.png")
In reply to it's not working lol The… by Joshua A. I.
Format/Page settings->Odd/Even lower page margins <10 mm?
Format/Style/Page->Music bottom margin...
In reply to Format/Page settings->Odd… by Shoichi
it worked, but now i have a lot of huge gaps on my pages.
![Screen Shot 2019-09-11 at 12.36.28 AM.png]( "Screen Shot 2019-09-11 at 12.36.28 AM.png")
most of my pages are now like this. Only specific pages need to have the copyright lowered. Is there a way to only edit those pages?
In reply to it worked, but now i have a… by Joshua A. I.
Maybe a trick?
Add a text frame and by inspector set as Footer and place?
But you're gonna have to put it on the various pages.
In reply to Maybe a trick? Add a text… by Shoichi
I could do that. I just wish there was an easier way to just change only specific pages lol. Cuz now I have to edit a lot more when I start working on the parts. Oh well!
In reply to it worked, but now i have a… by Joshua A. I.
Of course if you want to move the copyright treatise up you can try, but copyright stuff is not part of the music, so it normally goes in a fixed position at the bottom of the page. That is probably why MS puts it there. To me at least your pages above look perfect.
In reply to Of course if you want to… by Imaginatorium
check the pictures above. At first, because the copyright was in a fixed position, I either have clashing copyright with staff, or a huge gap in-between the music and the copyright text. That's why I'm asking. Not all pages are perfect.
It's easier to help given an actual score, not just pictures. But the tools are mostly ones already mentioned: the staff size and margin settings in Format / Page Settings, the music bottom margin and footer text style vertical style offset in Format / Style. You pretty much have to think it through and figure out which settings will give you the results for your particular score. If your systems are of wildly different sizes, there is no getting around the fact that settings that work for the fullest pages will leave empty space (either at the bottom, or within systems if you use spacers) on the smaller ones.
In your case, though, it looks like the reason your system differ so much in height is that MuseScore has added space between staves to resolve some potential collisions. You can avoid this need by moving things around yourself. For instance, the dynamics below the timpani staff in the very first picutre could be moved to the left to avoid the need for so much space below.
Go to Format > Style > Text Styles > Footer > increase the Offset Y :)