changing styles on import from 1.3
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Changing style on a score imported from 1.3 doesn't succeed on existing texts.
For instance the imported odd line lyrics are size 11, I change to size 15 bold (importing a style), but nothing change (in none text).
Selecting one syllable one finds the last 2 lines related to text. the "Text style" one is ineffective.
The «Style properties» one , using «Restore default style» allows the change....
.....but only for one syllable....
Although the manual says
if you are in one of the parts of your score, you also have the option to "Apply to all parts" using the appropriate button before "OK", so you don't have to manipulate all parts individually.
I see no such button (see attach)
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Comments
I think this is deliberate - text with custom formatting needs to keep its formatting when you change styles, and in 1.3, all text was treated as having custom formatting. So the text already has hardcoded HTML in it.
But see also #33016: Reducing page scaling makes lyrics too small. We definitely having problems with import of 1.3 text.
BTW, the "apply to all parts" button is for *styles*, not *properties*.
some method to get rid of these would be needed, saving as mscx and using an editor or some fancy sed script doesn't really cut it...
Good issue : changing at the same time font style and alignment was taken in account.
So I should investigate more in details.
Is http://musescore.org/en/node/41861 related too?
Is #41686: Changing font of lyrics odd lines does nothing really a duplicate?
As far as I can tell, these are all the same basic issue - embedded formatting in imported text that cannot easily be removed. One possible solution is to just strip that away when importing a score, always reverting to the style default. Or we could make that an import option.
It is presumably possible to similarly embed formatting in text in scores created from scratch in 2.0 (by using the text toolbar on individual text elements), although then I'd assume you did that for a reason and don't *want* it to change just because you change style. It's only imported scores, where you presumably have little control over how the text was formatted, where I'd consider stripping away formatting automatically.
Regardless of whether we strip away formatting automatically or not, I think an easy manual way would be good. And one solution is to address #24436: Changes made in Text Properties do not affect all selected elements. If you could select all similar then invoke text properties then reset to style, you'd be good to go. Or, as has also been suggested, add a "reset to style" button to Inspector.
This is fixed by virtue of the "Reset Text to Style" button in the Inspector.
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.