Parts
Can anyone help please.
Is 'Parts' under 'File' not working? Or am I doing something wrong, need to reset something?
I used to use it all the time to separate out the different instruments, but now it is just greyed out.
Thanks
Jo
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Ciao jo, from the menu, select File → Parts... (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/parts ) doesn't it work?
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/revert-factory-settings ?
In reply to Ciao jo, from the menu,… by Shoichi
Thanks, yes, that's what I always did. but since the latest update it is greyed out.
I will try the 'revert to factory settings' and see if that helps
Jo
In reply to Thanks, yes, that's what I… by jowalker
Are you working in English? If not there may be a translation problem in this discussion. There are two menu items that can easily be confused "Parts" and "Export Parts". "Export Parts" is grayed out unless someone has used "Parts" to create parts for a score. "Parts" is used to create parts from a score. "Export Parts" is used to export the parts of a score that has the parts created to various formats. You must have parts created for this to be possible so it will be grayed out unless someone has created parts.
In reply to Are you working in English?… by mike320
Thanks. No, I am not trying to 'export parts', just create them. The 'revert to factory settings' seems to have reactivated it, thankfully.
In reply to Thanks, yes, that's what I… by jowalker
That seems to have done it. I can create parts now. But the 'New All' is not there anymore. At least I can do them one at a time anyway.
Thanks
In reply to That seems to have done it… by jowalker
"New all" has been renamed to "Generate"
In reply to "New all" has been renamed… by Jojo-Schmitz
Aaaah!! I see! Thanks.
In reply to "New all" has been renamed… by Jojo-Schmitz
Is this because of Tantacrul's video? I don't see any problem with "New all" really, I even think it's better. Because the current mechanism is whether or not there has already been some parts, this button always generate all the parts once more. "New all" means that literally and "Generate" sounds more like what it's doing when there's no existing parts.
In reply to Is this because of Tantacrul… by Howard-C
Yes. But this dialog still needs more work
In reply to Is this because of Tantacrul… by Howard-C
When generate was called new all it created new parts again if they already existed, this didn't change.
In reply to When generate was called new… by mike320
Yes, and that's why "New all" describes the functionality better than "Generate".
In reply to Yes, and that's why "New all… by Howard-C
The tooltip though is quite clear "Generate new part for each instrument". This is just too long for a botton label.
In reply to The tooltip though is quite… by Jojo-Schmitz
Why is generate considered the better label? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
In reply to Why is generate considered… by xavierjazz
"New all" was considered bad/broken. But indeed this needs rethinking, as "Generate" ain't better.
In reply to "New all" was considered bad… by Jojo-Schmitz
This is what I don't understand. Why is "New All" broken? It's perfectly normal in Chinese (at least I think so). Is there some sort of lingustic background in English that makes "New All" inappropriate?
In reply to This is what I don't… by Howard-C
It's grammatically awkward in English, and really isn't particularly clear either. "Generate" is somewhat better on both counts, but I have no doubt we can do better still. There was quite a bit of discussion on this topic after the change was first made, but no real consensus.
In reply to It's grammatically awkward… by Marc Sabatella
The only consensus was that it wasn't an improvement.
In reply to It's grammatically awkward… by Marc Sabatella
The consensus that we're going to reach is merely about the name of this button, not the thing it does, am I right?
In reply to Why is generate considered… by xavierjazz
Check https://youtu.be/4hZxo96x48A?t=1291
In reply to Check https://youtu.be… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK, so it's about the resemblance with different buttons (so users won't notice it easily)? Well in that case "Generate" is indeed better. But I'm afraid "Generate All" is better-er.
In reply to OK, so it's about the… by Howard-C
middle ground between comparative and superlative ;-)
In reply to middle ground between… by Jojo-Schmitz
I was going to say best-est (superly superlative :D) because "Generate All" is really good in my eyes.
In reply to I was going to say best-est … by Howard-C
hyperlative ;-)
Also, be sure you have a score already loaded, and aren't currently in Edit mode (press Esc a couple of times to be sure). But I suspect you, as suggested above, that are trying to use "Export Parts", which indeed won't work until you first actually generate the parts with"Parts".