losing System Break when exporting to PDF
Pulling my hair out- have searched everywhere for an answer. Score looks good, 4 measures with the System Break, hit Publish and still looks good 4 measures. Export to PDF, system is now 5 measures
What am I missing?
| Attachment | Size |
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| Score- with System Break 4 measures.png | 53.93 KB |
| Publish- 4 measures.png | 52.08 KB |
| export to pdf- now 5 measures.png | 59.9 KB |
Comments
Score needed
Try to reduce stretch for selected bars.
HELP!! I'm also having the same problem! Does anyone know how to fix this? I'm trying to keep my system and page breaks when exporting into PDF.
In reply to HELP!! I'm also having the… by jiajialin
Score needed. What are these apparently nonsensical clef changes about?
Edit: I see now, those are octave clefs
In reply to Score needed. What are these… by Jojo-Schmitz
I wanted to add system breaks and page breaks so that I can have a rest at at the end of every two pages to give the player a chance to have a page turn. Musescore allows me to create these system breaks and page breaks but they disappear when I export the score into a PDF.
In reply to I wanted to add system… by jiajialin
"Musescore allows me to create these system breaks and page breaks but they disappear when I export the score into a PDF."
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I export your file in PDF format and the result is exactly the same (6 pages, same layout) as on the MuseScore file.
See; Jia Lin_The Bird In a Cage_Violin_1_FINAL.pdf
In reply to I wanted to add system… by jiajialin
Export to PDF would never ever remove a system break, explicit or implicit, the whole point of MuseScore being a WYSIWYG application is that the printout and the screen look exactly the same (except for invisible elements, grey on screen, invisible on print)
In reply to Export to PDF would never… by Jojo-Schmitz
The systems breaks in my score are gray. When I click on a system break, I see the Visible and Auto Place checkboxes in the Properties window. The system break remains gray for all four combinations of the checkbox states.
How can I make the system break effective during export to PDF?
Thanks for your help.
In reply to The systems breaks in my… by CallMeGeorge
System breaks do export as such, they are never visible on print though (nor on PDF)
In reply to System breaks do export,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Okay, I have more information. The mscz file has four instruments; Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Baritone, Bass. When I exported the file to pdf, I specified Main Score, Tenor 2, Baritone, and Bass. The systems in the main score pdf are as expected; the system breaks were effective. But in all of the part pdfs, the system breaks were not effective. This is a big deal because we will practice and perform using the part sheets.
I attached the score, if that helps.
In reply to Okay, I have more… by CallMeGeorge
You' haven't even generated the parts yet. You need to do that first - via the Parts button on the main toolbar - and then customize breaks etc there. Otherwise you just get kind a generic exported part.
If you want the same breaks in all parts - which seems likely for a simple example like this - consider the plugin for that you can download from this site - see https://musescore.org/en/project/export-layout-breaks-parts
In reply to Export to PDF would never… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have the same problem here,
When I export the pdf, I lose all the system breaks
In reply to I have the same problem here… by axelcola
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In reply to I have the same problem here… by axelcola
See my response above - my guess is you haven't generated your parts yet but only applied the breaks to the score itself. Which, according to your pictures, is all you should need to print since it appears to be a score for a single instrument anyhow.
In reply to See my response above - my… by Marc Sabatella
Or just print the score rather than the (one and only) part
In reply to I have the same problem here… by axelcola
For anyone else who has this happen and isn't clear on the tips given by others, the linked staff includes different instruments, but you have to actually open them in separate tabs (Parts) by clicking the Parts button, then you can add the system breaks for each part the way you want them. After doing that step, as described by others, the system breaks will now be embedded in each separate part, and then when you export a PDF it will show correctly for each part. I think the difference between the what is on the separate Parts and what shows on the staff are what was confusing to some.