PDF viewable area doesn't include bottom of score
I have a score with 23 instruments. When I export it as a PDF, and then open it in Adobe PDF reader, the score extends beyond the bottom of the viewable area, cutting off instruments that should be at the bottom.
I see from trial and error that selecting instruments to be non-viewable (by using the menu item Edit\instruments feature) causes the selected instruments to not be included in the exported PDF score document. Being able to have some instruments not be included in the exported PDF is helpful, but is not a great solution.
Is there something I might be doing wrong? Is there a way to make the exported PDF text smaller, so that all the instruments can be included?
I didn't see anything in the forums about this, but I did see from the Help User Guide that there is a way to group instruments. Although I haven't delved into the details because I've never needed to use the grouping feature, I'm suspected that groups can be individually exported and printed. If there are limitations on the number of instruments that will export to a 'viewable' PDF file, this might be a 'sort-of' solution.
Thanks for any information or suggestions anyone can provide
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I might of put this into the wrong forum, as possibly it should have gone into the 'Request help and bugs) forum.
In reply to I might of put this into the by Duvania
Try to set Layout/Page Settings ... -> Page Size to A3. Then export as a PDF to see if the print area fits in the sheet.
In reply to Try to set Layout/Page by Shoichi
The page size was previously set to A4, and changing to A3 caused even fewer instruments to be printed, but see my reply to the next comment... (and thanks for your suggestion)
In reply to I might of put this into the by Duvania
Do the instruments fit into 1 page in Musescore?
Perhaps you just have to decrease the main scale factor by setting Layout->Page Settings->Scaling->Stave space(sp)
Or is only your PDF export showing this?
In reply to Do the instruments fit into 1 by musikai
On this laptop, that many instruments do not fit onto one screen at the menu 100% view setting. But your suggestion worked - changing the scaling by using the default decrement value had quite a dramatic affect on the exported PDF, and on the screen view (at the 100% view setting). If not already there, I hope this can somehow make it into the User Guide. Thanks!
Without seeing the score (the actual MSCZ file, not just a picture of it) we cannot say for sure, but presumably your page size simply isn't big enough for the staves you have at the size you have them. You'd see this on screen too - in page view, anyhow. Simply make the page bigger or the staves smaller - bith controls are in Layout / Page Settings.
In reply to Without seeing the score (the by Marc Sabatella
The advice offered by both you and musikai worked - changing the scaling by using the default decrement value had quite a dramatic affect on the exported PDF, and on the screen view (at the 100% view setting). If not already there, I hope this can somehow make it into the User Guide. Thanks!
In reply to The advice offered by both by Duvania
Here is the Handbook page for that layout:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/page-settings
Feel free to suggest improvements! The real problem I think is figuring out where in addition to this page it could be worth a mention.
Note the provided templates already make reasonable choices for staff & page size, so one tends to run into this only when creating a new score from scratch by selecting instruments (or adding instruments later). So maybe this is a good palce to add a mention:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/create-new-score#instruments-and-voic…