Measure width based on text, not notes
Measure width automatically adjusts based on the notes. If you have a lot of 16 notes, you'll have a wide measure, but if you have a whole note, it will be narrow. I would like the measure to auto-size based on the text attached to the notes. For instance I want to write something over that whole note, and that text should be bounded within the measure.
Can individual measure widths be adjusted? It seems to be all or nothing.
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"Can individual measure widths be adjusted?" - yes, they usually can.
"It seems to be all or nothing" - this is not usually the case.
So, what did you try and what happened when you tried it?
You also wrote:
I would like the measure to auto-size based on the text attached to the notes.
Lyrics text "auto-sizes" measures. See my attachment.
In reply to You also wrote: I would like… by Jm6stringer
See attachment "original.png." . I am using staff text because I want the text above the staff. Lyrics appear below the staff which I don't want.
In M6, the "C#m7" text overflows into M7. In M7, I can't align the "Bm7sus" text with the note before it, and it also overflows into the next bar.
In the attachment "adjustments" I increased Minimum Measure Width. That allowed the text on M7 to fit, but it stretched all the prior measures too widely. (oops, never mind, I guess I can only attach one file at a time.)
In reply to See attachment "original.png… by jerrywhite518@…
You can put lyrics above the staff by selecting the lyric and pressing X.
In reply to You also wrote: I would like… by Jm6stringer
Aha. I RTFM'd, and saw how to stretch an individual measure. Thanks!