Default page settings
Is it possible to change the default page settings, for example to change the default margins to 2 cm?
Micrologus
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Is it possible to change the default page settings, for example to change the default margins to 2 cm?
Micrologus
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Yes, by creating an empty score with the desired settings, saving that in the templates dir and using that when creating a new score
In reply to Yes, by creating an empty by Jojo-Schmitz
This is a great idea for the same kind of score (string quartet, or winds quintet), but if I create a new score from scratch I always have to fix the page margins. Are those default settings not editable?
Micrologus
In reply to This is a great idea for the by micrologus
No, I don't think so, the only setting there is the the size of a space
Hmm, you could make it a style, save that and apply to the new scores?
Still not exactly what you want, but the closest match?
To change default margins:
Menu item - Layout / Page Settings
See attached file. I put 20mm margins all around a blank score created from scratch.
Saved it as 'Template 20mm' in the Musescore 'templates' folder which is located in the Musescore Program files folder (in Windows XP).
Then when I create a 'new' score and I want those settings, I choose 'Create new score from template' during score setup , and it is listed among the various template files.
Margin settings are saved.
See attachment.
Regards...
In reply to 2 cm margins by Jm6stringer
Just like my idea, but dismissed by Micrologus :-)
In reply to Just like my idea, but by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank You for your suggestions!
Micrologus
In reply to Just like my idea, but by Jojo-Schmitz
but I'm not sure if Micrologus completely dismisses it.
I'll wager that some MS users have discovered and use 'favorite' or 'frequently used' score setups from the provided template files. Then, they simply change the default page settings (eg. margins, or instruments, etc.) without realizing that they could actually save their own template.
At least that's what I did in the beginning.
Regards...
Here how I do. Go into any document where you have the page settings you wish to replicate. Click format and then click Save Style. Name this whatever you want (did PAGE SETTING DEFAULT) and then when you open a new score all you have to do is click Format, Load Style, and select that file. That's the first thing I do on any time I start a document. Perhaps this will be easier for you.
In reply to Here how I do. Go into any… by broadwayboy66
Actually, you can go one step further - after creating the style file, go to Edit / Preferences / Score, and you can make that style the default for new scores. I believe that capability didn't exist in 2013 which is probably why it wasn't mentioned here :-)
In reply to Actually, you can go one… by Marc Sabatella
Great! Thank you Marc.
Matteo