Formatting help, please.
I am migrating to Musescore and have a bunch of Encore and MusicTime Deluxe files to convert.
I have attached a PDF made from the original, and the Musescore file.
I have not been able to shrink the last measure. Is Musescore capable of having the final measure appear as it does in the PDF? Also, I'm having a number of "collision" problems with the 8va and the slurs. It appears that version 2.0 provides for moving the 8va farther from the staff, but 1.3 does not.
I put spacers at strategic places, but if I stretch them past a certain point, the staff suddenly "jumps" down leaving a huge gap.
Musescore is a good program and will likely develop into a great one.
Thanks in advance.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Sluice.mscz | 4.1 KB |
| Sluice.pdf | 43.4 KB |
Comments
Have a look:
I added a horizontal frame;
Style: General Style> Page ...
looks attachments and
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting
1. For shrinking the last measure, see Shoichi's 'Sluice 1.mscz' attachment where he appended a horizontal frame:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/frame
2. For the 8va and slur collision, click on the 8va to highlight it (turns blue), then drag it to a position above the slur.
3. For the 'staff suddenly jumps down', see menu item: Style / Edit General Style / Page where you can increase the Page fill threshold.
Also:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#Style---Edit-Gen…
4. Instead of using the staff spacers, you can increase the Staff distance and System distance as per the same menu item and dialog as in 3. above.
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#Style---Edit-Gen…
This last handbook link is one of the most important topics - which is why I referenced it twice.
Have a look at Shoichi's attachment and see how he adjusted these last two parameters for more uniformity, instead of using the staff spacers.
Regards, and welcome aboard.