Can one get back to the Create new Score screen?
Say if I already created a score, can I go back to the Create New Score screen again inside my score so that I edit some of the stuff on the first page there?
A lot of times I write the score first and then "do honours" at the end in regards to copyrights and all of that, how do I get back to that screen? Or is that even possible?
I can't find that in the online handbook because there is not "Search bar" designated for the Handbook only, and my local Handbook is in Romanian and so, it's incomplete...
It's very hard to RTFM when there's no search bar designated only for the contents of that Handbook. :D
I know I can download the Handbook but wouldn't that create more bandwidth traffic for this website than searching for content online?
Thanks!
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Not via 'Create new score' of course. But via Menu/Create/Text
In reply to Not via 'Create new score' of by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh thanks man!
I was afraid of applying any "on it's own text" 'cause I thought it wouldn't be as good as if I had done it from the very beggining.
Thanks man!
In reply to Oh thanks man! I was afraid by tonyjustme
In the case of copyright, it's actually better to do it later in a way, because you can type (c) to get the copyright symbol, and this doesn't work in the wizard. Still, I usually enter it in the wizard, then just go in later and delete then retype the space after the (c), and then it turns into the copyright symbol.
In reply to In the case of copyright, by Marc Sabatella
But note that this is a genuine bug and will (hopefully) get fixed.
In reply to But note that this is a Bug by Jojo-Schmitz
I know a bug when I see one Jojo-Schmitz, and I also know how to report them, though a lot of times because of the counter-intuitive way that software is developed, it is NOT people's faults that they are being misled by code.
May I remind you that I have contributed to this project a lot at it's begginings under a different username, David Bolton would remember me.
I then had a break from the IT world for a year or so and now I came back.
Just the mere fact that there's unintuitive and worse, counter-intuitive things in code IS a bug because it will spawn more problems than a crash would, because at least a crash is a crash and there's no ambiguity about that.
In reply to I know a bug when I see one by tonyjustme
??? I was talking about the "(c)" thing that doesn't convert into a copyright symbel when entered via the new scrore wizzard.
And I don't understand why a "break from the IT world" has to lead to a new username here in this forum?
In reply to ??? I was talking about the by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh sorry Jojo-Schmitz, I thought you were writing that to me to show me what a real bug is.
I too was happy when I saw Marc there discover a new bug!
The break from the it world lead to a new username here because I asked for my old username to be deleted, which is what I will also probably ask the developers to do after version 2.0 comes out, I mean, who likes to read ancient troubleshooting for software that has been already updated and got over those bugs? :D LOL!
In reply to Oh sorry Jojo-Schmitz, I by tonyjustme
I don't see any good reason to remove ones trails. At least not for the reasons you state.
Being a long term member of a community automagically earns more trust than a brand new user. Which could be a spammer, for example.
In reply to I don't see any good reason by Jojo-Schmitz
It is a rather personal reason in regards to why I removed my trails, the developers can still see that it's me by the things I write or by my e-mail address.
In reply to I know a bug when I see one by tonyjustme
Daniel writes, "Just the mere fact that there's unintuitive and worse, counter-intuitive things in code IS a bug because it will spawn more problems than a crash would, because at least a crash is a crash and there's no ambiguity about that" - well, yes, and ambiguity is the problem here (not in this thread in general, but in your statement quoted above). That is, what is intuitive to one person is not necessarily to another. So the mere fact that one person considers something non-intuitive doesn't mean there is a problem. It's pretty much impossible for anything of suffiicient comllexity to be implemented in a way that will be intuitive to everyone. Again, not that this is relevant to this thread in particular - it isn't. Just something to keep in mind as you post future bug reports or feature requests.
In reply to Daniel writes, "Just the mere by Marc Sabatella
Try Sibelius man and you will field weirdly at home...
Try the latest 7 demo and see how easy it is. It will feel weird at how intuitive and easy to use it is!
Sibelius has long surpassed Finale, it might just be that you have never tried it.
In reply to Try Sibelius man and you will by tonyjustme
Not sure if you're talking to me or someone else, but I have tried Sibelius. Since I was accustomed to Finale, I found it extraordinarily *non* intuitive. Just as I did with MuseScore at first. But it took me only a week or so to get used to. To me, the similarities between MuseScore and Sibelius are more obvious than the differences. But to the extent there are differences, Sibelius feels 8wrong* to me, because I am more used to MuseScore. For someone who has never used iether, neither will feel all that intuitive.
Anyhow, just because *you* find Sibelius the most intuitive of the three in no way proves anyone else will. You have to to realize and accept that no matter how something is implemented, some will get it right away and others won't. Tht's how how it is with anything of any complexity.
In reply to Not via 'Create new score' of by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm not seeing how to go back to the create new score wizard. The (first) suggestion above does not do it.
It is too hard to use the method of changing subtitle text directly. It doesn't work. (via Menu/Create/Text) It just created a text box in the wrong place and would not deal with the text already there.
The demo video on the website says "don't worry, you can always go back to the create new score wizard later." But I can find no info in the handbook about how to do that.
I found an answer for this particular problem under "text editing"; I can go into edit mode and double click on the text to change it. That is not going back into the new score wizard though. It would be nice to do that since a lot of things are specified there.
In reply to I'm not seeing how to go back by eameece
"a lot of things are specified there" like what, exactly? Anything you do in the wizard can be changed or redone in the score itself. As for creating subtitle text, right-click on the frame at the beginning and it will put the text in the correct place.
In reply to I'm not seeing how to go back by eameece
True, one can't go back into the 'New Score Wizzard' other than by creating a new score, but you can changeand modify everything that had been set up by that wizzard.
In reply to True, one can't go back into by Jojo-Schmitz
Though with much difficulty, apparently.
I am disappointed that using this program takes so long. It takes longer to enter all these notes than to write or arrange a composition in the first place. Boo hoo.... time for bed....
In reply to Though with much difficulty, by eameece
The learning curve is steeper for some than others.
That's why these forum's are here.
Keep at it - the results in beautifully printed notation at the end of the process is worth it.
And after a week or so you won't be constantly having to refer to the handbook/tutorials.
And please continue to ask if you're stuck.
In reply to Though with much difficulty, by eameece
What in particular are you find difficult? Text is edited by double clicking it, just as any other types of text not created by that wizard. New text is added via the create menu, just as would be the case for types of text not created by the wizard. Time signatures and key signatures are modified using the appropriate palettes - which is also how you would change time or key signaturss in the middle of a piece. If there is something else you are having trouble and you aren't finding the answer in the handbook or the tutorial videos, just start a new thread and ask.
Music notation is a complicated subject, and all programs that deal with take some time to learn. It does help to read the *entire* manual and watch all the tutorial videos, but these forums are also a great resource. It might take a little time to come up to speed - as is the case with *any* notation software, just due to the complex nature of the subject - but once you get over the initial learning hump, MuseScore is actually one oft he easiest to use notation programs ever designed.