Decreasing layout stretch doesn't do it's job even at full compression on some scores.
I've been having some serious problems with the layout stretch feature. In the attached screenshot I have compressed the layout as far as it will go yet there are still sections that are stretched in the most illogical way possible. The program refuses to compress these sections no matter what I try and do. I'm planning on printing sheet music and I CANNOT have these stretched section wasting paper!
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Those measures are just to busy. Reduce Format > Page settings > Scaling
In reply to Those measures are just to… by Jojo-Schmitz
Well that's the thing, some of them are almost exactly the same as other measures that will compress yet they still don't. Sometimes the measures compress even harder than would be practical making the score very tight and compact, not that this bothers me but it's still odd that those measures that should be able to compress just don't. I wish MuseScore had a way to prevent this from happening. Thanks for the tip though :)
In reply to Well that's the thing, some… by Piotr Barcz
Keyword here: almost
In reply to Keywoerd here:almost by Jojo-Schmitz
I meant in the practical sense but I still am puzzled because some of the stretched measures are anything BUT busy...
In reply to I meant in the practical… by Piotr Barcz
But they have a system break, so spread the entire page width.
So just remove the system break and it'll join with the next measure(s)
In reply to But they have a system break… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oooooh ok thanks!
In reply to But they have a system break… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh and I found that even measures that are too busy can still be compressed by merging and then splitting them from a neighboring measure, very strange but this method works, unfortunately it also deletes voltas in the process.