Change default settings
Is it possible to change the default settings in Musescore (page set up, fonts used etc.)?
As I've been doing it is to open a document that is set up with the fonts I like to use and go to ,Save as' to start a new project. I would like to be able to create ,New' document with my specific settings.
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You can. Simply save your score to your Templates folder (under Documents/MuseScore3, right next to your Scores) folder. Then it will be available to select from alongside all the built-in templates every time you create a new score.
If you want to use style settings only but not the rest of the page set up in terms of instruments, then in addition, you can use Style / Save Style to create a "style file" that you can either load into other scores, or even set as the program default for new scores not created from templates, via Edit / Preferences / Score.
But normally, it's better to think in terms of templates. After all, these reasons for using particular settings generally have to do with specific projects, and when working on totally different types of project,s those same settings might not make sense. Settings you come up with when writing children's piano pieces don't make sense when writing string quartets, etc.
In reply to You can. Simply save your… by Marc Sabatella
Nice, quick response - thanks ;-)
In reply to You can. Simply save your… by Marc Sabatella
How do you create custom styles in MuseScore 4? I don't see an option in the Style Settings.
In reply to How do you create custom… by The Metroid
You mean for text styles? This hasn't changed from MuseScore 3. Go to Format / Style, select "Text styles" in the left column, then select on of the user styles in the second column and customize it in the third.
In reply to You mean for text styles? … by Marc Sabatella
My bad, I was meaning to ask how to save the style as a file to load later. I eventually figured it out. (Format > Save Style) Thank you for your reply though!
In reply to You can. Simply save your… by Marc Sabatella
I just tried this:
> or even set as the program default for new scores not created from templates, via Edit / Preferences / Score.
It works fine for score created by "New". But it doesn't work for score imported from midi files (e.g.)
Any other options to access the default style of MU ?
In reply to I just tried this: > or even… by parkingb
In theory, the style file specified in Edit / Preferences / Import should be used for MIDI imports, but feel free to test that.
In reply to In theory, the style file… by Marc Sabatella
Nice ! Thanks.