Saving Custom Paper size and issues with printing of same
Not sure if this should be a feature request , a bug or just chat. So bear with me.
I want to print the music to PDF, which is easy.
I want the PDF paper size to be 8.5" x 5.5" , ie a half sheet.
I can custom size the Page Settings to those dimensions just fine and the Preview within Musescore shows the page image correctly.
I can not save those custom settings, nor can I use a previously set HalfSheet setting that the printer ( PDF or real ) knows about.
Lastly, If I do create a sheet using the modified Page Settings and I do print it out to either real paper or PDF, it does not look like the Preview in Musescore. Rather only the first line of music shows.
Goal : to print my fiddle music in a half sheet sized booklet that would be easier to carry around in the case than having to lug a full size notebook.
Any thoughts?
Running Snow Leopard and Lion.
Comments
I did the following to a score of mine just now:
When I then opened this PDF file in Acrobat Reader it looked fine with A5 pages. Is this what you wanted, or did I misunderstand what you wanted somehow?
In reply to I did the following to a by Svish
That got it done, just had to hold my tongue just right. Thanks
In reply to That got it done, just had to by aszy
;-)
In reply to ;-) by Svish
I still would like to be able to save that custom paper size as I have about 59 sheets to run through the process. Just to save time, ya know. Thanks for the tip - that will make the project far less wasteful of paper.
In the end, I will use a trick with Preview, to join the two half length sheets into one 8.5 x 11 sheet for the physical printing and get to keep the original title, composer and notes that a normal sheet would have. Then off to Staples for the guillotine cutter and binding. This is such a cool piece of software.
al
In reply to Almost.... by aszy
You can easily save a custom paper size. In edit / preferences, you can set the default paper size for scroes created from scratch. Or, you can save any empty score to the MuseScore "templates" folder and then it will be available in the New Score wizard if you choose to open from template. This sort of thing is really exactly what template are for.
In reply to You can easily save a custom by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for this tip. I note that I have to use metric to set the page size with no choice for inches. Minor issue.
I don't , however, have a clue where the "templates" folder is. It does not show up in Spotlight, Find or terminal locate.
al
In reply to Thanks for this tip. I note by aszy
look for the file: Chamber Orchestra.mscx (a template that already exists);
is in the folder you are looking for.
In reply to benefit inventory by Shoichi
No such file on my machine. Can you find yours and get me an actual path to it ?
Thanks
In reply to No such file on my machine. by aszy
I believe you're on a Mac?
On Windows XP that file is in "%ProgramFiles%\MuseScore\templates\" and I'm having a hard time believing it is not part of the installation on a Mac too
Edit: as per the manual (http://musescore.org/en/handbook/create-new-score) on a Mac the templates are in /Applications/MuseScore.app/Contents/Resources/templates
In reply to No such file on my machine. by aszy
As suggested by Jojo-Schmitz create your file and simply save in the default folder. It is a score like the others.
Take a look:
http://musescore.org/en/node/3879
In reply to Thanks for this tip. I note by aszy
On Menu -> Layout -> Page Settings... you can switch between inch and mm (metric). And this is the place to go when creating a template, (which basically is a score with just one empty measure)
In reply to On Menu -> Layout -> Page by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you all for your help and patience.
The Templates folder is indeed inside the application on the Mac. That is why it's not findable through normal means.
I seem to actually have to save the blank template score to the Desktop , then move it to the
~/Applications/MuseScore.app/Contents/Resources/templates folder. This is fine, and I am well on the way through the project.
Again, thanks to all.
Al