How to add block to text at end of score, like a hymnal
1) I'd like to add a block of text to the bottom of a page, for just the lyrics. See the uploaded document for what I've done so far.
I added System or Staff Text to the last note, copied in all the lyrics and created the line breaks as I wish. They are sitting on the page now, left justified. When I go into Inspector to center them, they move into the center, but no matter how many times I hit Save, lyrics revert back to left justified. (Attached is a screen shot of my settings in the Inspector)
Is there a way to center? Or a better way to add text to the bottom of the page? Ideally, I'd love to add completely floating text boxes and format as I wish.
1) Any way to have two columns of text below the score, instead of just one?
MANY thanks! This is my first post. Everything else I've wanted to do, I found instantly in your excellent community postings.
Yours,
Karen G
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Comments
Use a vertical frame or a text frame
In reply to Use a vertical frame or a… by Jojo-Schmitz
I am trying to hanging-indent a block of text lyrics I want to append to a score, so that it will look like the image of a song in hymnal which I have attached. Does anyone know how to create a hanging indent?
That's very easy. Add > Frame > Append Text Frame and adjust content and properties from there.
In reply to That's very easy. Add >… by [DELETED] 1831606
Thank you. That worked much better than what I was doing, and text remains centered.
Now, how to I create 2 columns of text? I added a 2nd text frame, but it shows up on a 2nd page, and doesn't drag well onto the first page.
In reply to Thank you. That worked much… by dkgamow
Create two horizontal frames. Frames don't drag well, and take a lot of coercion by inserting frames around them. Note that you can't append horizontal frames - you must have "music" after them, but can delete that "music" once they exist.
In reply to Create two horizontal frames… by [DELETED] 1831606
You add text to the with click right > add > text.
In reply to You add text to the with… by [DELETED] 1831606
You area peach to help me with this. So I was able to append two horizontal frames. But they push the music to the left, and I can't remove or move the frames with any combination of key strokes. See screen shot.
How do I leave music untouched (so it ends at the far right, and not indented), and add the two columns of text below?
In reply to You area peach to help me… by dkgamow
I'd rather you impeach someone else right now : ) -- just keep adjusting the frame, or insering frames between them, until you get as close as you want. You might want to put a "line break" on the last measure of the music, too. Just mess around with those things as well as you can. "You can't always get what you want" with this, as the song goes.
In reply to Thank you. That worked much… by dkgamow
Similar to: https://musescore.org/en/node/24475
In reply to Similar to: https:/… by kuwitt
Make sure you're using a fairly recent MuseScore 3; this stuff is not reliable in MuseScore 2.
In reply to Make sure you're using a… by [DELETED] 1831606
I am using Muse 3, thanks.