Decrease space between staves
HI all,
I've decrease the space to 4.0 but when I try to get the lines closer together, it does the opposite.
Any ideas ? (attached)
Thanks.
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There are 2 settings, min and max system distance.
In reply to There are 2 settings, min… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes - thanks. That worked. I assumed I didn't have to change Maximum but apparently so.
In reply to There are 2 settings, min… by Jojo-Schmitz
Dear Jojo, could you please help me with this problem. I do not seem to be able to equal the space between staves in my orchestration, please see attached. I have tried both min. and max. distance but no result... Any ideas please?
In reply to Dear Jojo, could you please… by Coobligan
Score needed. This certainly is not related to system distance, as in continuous view there is only one system. More likely some stray element dragged off a staff by too much. Try Ctrl+A, Ctrl+R
In reply to Score needed by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you very much for replying, here is the score attached. I would greatly appreciate your advice.
In reply to Thank you very much for… by Coobligan
Interesting, none of my ideas helped. But a Resetting all style settings to default does. No idea what setting exactly is cause this
In reply to Interesting, none of my… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you very much, Jojo. It did help and let me express my sincerest respect to you and your colleagues for such prompt and generous response, let alone the ability to use such a wonderful product. I have once paid for its extra features and will do so more very soon. You are legends guys, to say the least!
In reply to Thank you very much, Jojo… by Coobligan
Well, there's actually no way to pay for extra features, not here on musescore.org on in the MuseScore Editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. All this is for free!
In reply to Well, there's actually no… by Jojo-Schmitz
I clearly remember paying an annual fee to be able to dowload scores and publish mine. Nevertheless, tribute to you guys you are HUMANS iof a good kind.
In reply to I clearly remember paying an… by Coobligan
That is about musescore.com
In reply to I clearly remember paying an… by Coobligan
As mentioned, what you paid for has to do with the feature of the score-sharing website musescore.com. But it doesn't in any way whatsoever affect the capabilities of the actual music notation software MuseScore. Only what you can download from that particular website (and miscellaneous other features of that website).
In reply to Thank you very much, Jojo… by Coobligan
Actually I'd rather know what setting exactly makes the difference here.
In reply to Thank you very much, Jojo… by Coobligan
Took a whole lot of experimentation, but I finally found it - measure number 35 on the second violin part was dragged way out of position, both horizontally and vertically. It shows up just below measure 220 on the first violin part. The vertical offset is the reason for the extra space; the horizontal offset moved it clear off the page which is why it doesn't show as a problem in page view.
The real fix, simply select that measure number and hit Ctrl+R. The reason the style setting reset also fixes it is that it changes the measure numbering to "every system" rather than every five measures, so the measure numbers get regenerated and that one goes away.
In reply to Took a whole lot of… by Marc Sabatella
Why then Ctrl+A, Ctrl+R didn't work?
In reply to Why then Ctrl+A, Ctrl+R didn… by Jojo-Schmitz
Same reason Ctrl+A, Delete doesn’t work - automatically generated elements like measure numbers, barline’s etc are not normally included in range selection.
In reply to Same reason Ctrl+A, Delete… by Marc Sabatella
That seems a bug to me, esp. if these are not at their default position
In reply to That seems a bug to me, esp… by Jojo-Schmitz
Normally you don’t want things like measure numbers selected as part of a range - after all, they shouldn’t copy, you don’t want them deleted, etc. so it would be more of a problem if they were included in the selection.
The min distance basically determines how many systems MuseScore will try to fit on the page, but once it makes that decision, it then adds additional space up to the maximum. So for any page where you already know how many systems will be on the page (eg, your example where it's pretty clear all of the systems will fit on one page), it is the maximum that is most relevant.
In reply to The min distance basically… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, I discovered you have to change the "maximum" number as well as the minimum. Thanks.
In reply to Yes, I discovered you have… by spojaw
Actually the minimum does not need to be changed here, and probably shouldn't be as it will lead to the page becoming far too crowded if you ever, for example, add more measures, or change the staff or page size. My previously post was an attempt to explain why you need to change the maximum, so you'd understand better how to use these controls in the future.
In reply to Actually the minimum does… by Marc Sabatella
It may not be the best idea to put systems so close together, but if the minimum is bigger than you want the maximum it's impossible to decrease the minimum.
Edit: I think I said that backwards, but you get the idea.
In reply to It may not be the best idea… by mike320
Yes. It's just to fit a church bulletin. Thanks.