How to add a block of text to a score
For additional stanzas of lyrics or to add annotations, etc. This is a tutorial for MuseScore 1, and does not apply to MuseScore 2.
- Create a new score by setting, in the dialog box "Create New Score" Title, Subtitle, Composer, and the other information
- Highlight the first measurement and from the menu select Create → Measures Insert (or Append) → Vertical Frame
- By double-clicking we can vertically resize the frame
- A click with the right button in the frame just inserted to:
- Add Text Frame, a frame that will fit the text you type;
- Add Insert Horizontal Frame, a frame that with a double click we can resize horizontally and with a click highlight and drag
- We can prevent a frame from displaying on-screen by unchecking View → Show Frame. (Frames are never visible in printed output.)