Templates too limited
I would like to be able to be more specific in setting up my user templates. In my case I would like line breaks to be all set up (4 bars per staff) filled with slashes for 32 bars. I know the work around (opening a file set up that way and then "save as") but it would still be simpler to open up a template with everything in place as desired.
The start score whenever you open up MuseScore is pretty close to what I have in mind. Why is it possible for that particular score to have the line breaks in place but I cannot save a user template that way?
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True, templates capture only the basic structure of the score, not any content (such as notes, dynamics, or system breaks you've added.
The start score is not a template, it's simply a regular score loaded at startup. You are certainly welcome to specify your own score to load at startup instead - in Edit / Preferences / General. But you'd still need to "save as" to avoid overwriting it. Given that it takes but seconds to run the commands to add/remove systems breaks and fill with slashes (you can even define keyboard shortcuts for them in Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts, so it would be literally four keypresses*), I'm not sure it's worth the trouble or risk of overwriting.
*Once you've defined the shortcuts - say Alt+\ for fill with slashes, Alt+Enter for add/remove systems breaks - try Ctrl+A, Alt+\, Alt+Enter, then finally Enter to run the command.