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How do you get copyright on first page of a score, only. I am obviously missing something as nothing I try works! Thanks
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How do you get copyright on first page of a score, only. I am obviously missing something as nothing I try works! Thanks
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/score-properties#header-footer ($C)
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Shoichi
Yeah..... have looked at that and it is of no help whatsoever. As I said have tried everything I can figure out and still does not work. Guess I am toooo right brain, need some specific examples.
Thanks anyway, Shoichi
In reply to Yeah..... have looked at… by R. L. F.
Check the Footer box. Check the box for First Page. Uncheck the other box (odd/even pages). Not really a left vs right brain problem IMHO. More of a "read the words" kind of thing :)
In reply to Check the Footer box. Check… by Al Loast
Al loast
Thanks I finally did guess that. The pop up window says for 'first page only'. That was what I was trying to do/did. Why does anything else need to be checked/unchecked if you are doing what the pop up says?! I read the words!! Not getting the result. Then going in circles checking some boxes forgetting to check others. If you know all the boxes with an example much less guessing/frustration!!! Thanks again. (Now all I have to do is remember it next time) :)(:
In reply to Al loast Thanks I finally… by R. L. F.
It reads: "Show on first page"... ;-)
See the picture:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/score-properties#header-footer
Sometimes people create a full cover page with artwork and want no text on that first page.
In reply to It reads: "Show on first… by Jm6stringer
Jm6stringer
Have looked at that page multiple times and am getting no where with it. I still get all pages, not what I want or odd pages, not what I want. I obviously am missing some point. Thanks for the thought!
In reply to Al loast Thanks I finally… by R. L. F.
To be clear, the checkbox controls whether the footer itself (not the copyright message within it) shows on the first page. As mentioned, this option is provided if you want to prevent the footer from appearing on a separate title page, if your score has one.
Whether or not the copyright message appears within the footer or not is an entirely unrelated matter. That's where the difference between $c and $C comes in - to control whether it is displayed on all pages that have a footer, or just the first page that has a footer. But still, it will only appear on pages that actually have a footer at all.
In reply to To be clear, the checkbox… by Marc Sabatella
Marc. Thanks for the thought. I was hoping to get a little more info.
I (think) understand the what and why of the process and the where is mostly obvious. It is the how that I am not following. I have tried every option I can think of but still copyright on all pages or just odd pages. I am missing something. Any direct hint would be appreciated. Thanks again
In reply to Marc. Thanks for the thought… by R. L. F.
The how is simple: as the message shows and as the Handbook explains, type "$C" into whichever box of the footer you like. The footer itself will be part of every page (except possibly the first), but the copyright message will be part of only the first page that has a footer.
In reply to The how is simple: as the… by Marc Sabatella
Marc
As with most things it 'is' simple when you know how it works. As I said in another reply, I entered the date in the new score area. So, when I pull up style footers there was the date just where I wanted it. Great! But, on the score it was not how I wished. And nothing I was having to guess at worked. Nowhere in the manual does it say 'do not have the date in the footer box'. If it had, then yes, it is simple. Noone, even you did not mention this because you knew. The file,score properties was mentioned. When I looked there the date was already there also. I will have to leave off the date in New Score then add it in score properties. Then check in style, footers to see if the date shows up there?
Yea, it is simple when you have all the info. Thanks again for directions. It helped me to finally guess correctly!
In reply to Marc As with most things it … by R. L. F.
You can put anything you like into the footer box if you want, so of course the Handbook doesn't tell you not to, and of course no one here told you that because that would have been a lie, and we don't like to lie here :-).
Now, it might not be the right way to accomplish the specific goal you are trying to achieve, but we didn't know what you had done because we don't have access to your score. So of course we didn't know how to tell you what to change.
As we constantly say here, we really are doing nothing but guessing because we can't see your score. Virtually always when asking for help with MuseScore, attaching your score will allow us to give the 100% accurate answer immediately, rather than all this guessing.
In reply to You can put anything you… by Marc Sabatella
Marc
Your first line(you can put anything) really confuses me. As I originally said I 'only' wanted the date on the first page. With the date showing in the footer box when I went to style footers, I was not able to get that to work. This was the whole problem. I could get it on every page or odd pages, but nothing else. So for me, I would disagree, from my experiences. When the date I had entered from new score setup was there things did not work. Yet, when I finally guessed to erase the date from the box the date was only on the first page as I wanted. And no, I did not make any other changes with the checked boxes from the moment before. That was my experience and why I mentioned noone saying anything. I thought I had made it clear what I was trying to do. Sorry I did not. I hope I now know how to do this. I have a lot of movements I need to go back and change. Thanks again
In reply to Marc Your first line(you can… by R. L. F.
My first line was a direct response to your statement, "Nowhere in the manual does it say 'do not have the date in the footer box'". Of course nowhere in the manual does it give such an incorrect piece of advice! Having the date in the footer box is perfectly acceptable, if having a data in your footer is what you want. Of course the manual isn't able to say, "RLF, given what we know about you personally and your personal wishes, we think it would not be good for you to put the date in the footer on this particular score you are working on".
Once again, if you are having some sort of problem still, attach your score and describe what is going wrong, we can show you exactly how to solve it. Without your score, we can only keep guessing.
In reply to My first line was a direct… by Marc Sabatella
If something as simple(should be) as putting in a copyright needs a copy of the score to decipher, then there is a problem with! And since date on first page IS a choice, yea, a comment in the manual would be helpful to NOT have the date showing up in the footers. But yes, apparently I am the only one to have ever had this problem! Sorry to bother.... and Marc these responses are the reason I Hate to bring any issue to the forums and would Never send in a score, even if I could do it easily. I will just continue to guess when it is tooo much trouble to put necessary details in the manual!
In reply to If something as simple… by R. L. F.
To be clear - we don't need to see a score to explain how to add a copyright message. We've already explained exactly how to do it, and the Handbook is also clear on this. This is why I said, if you're still having trouble even after following our instructions and following the Handbook, that's why we'd need to see the score - to understand what you've done incorrectly, and show you how to correct it.
Rather than being a reason to avoid asking questions, it's a reason to celebrate the incredible free resource these forums represent. Not only do you get almost instant replies to questions, but you also get people willing to walk through your particular score with you to show you how exactly to apply the general advice to your specific situation. All for free. Where else does one ever receive that amazing level of service?
In reply to Al loast Thanks I finally… by R. L. F.
OOPS! I lied....in my last post. In part. Last night as I quit I tried what you were saying. I looked at page 1, yes, page 2, no. Great! Just what I wanted. Shut down for the night. After my post to you this morning I started again and as I skimmed past page 3, there was the copyright. Not just on page 1. So, did not work. (Reading is a waste...examples are it!) :)'s Thanks again. Marc has a post with more info that I need to try and figure out.
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Shoichi
Shoichi
Sorry. Read my response to jm6stringer. Thanks
In reply to Shoichi Sorry. Read my… by R. L. F.
Download, open the score, then see: File/Score properties...
Format/Style/Header/Footer
HTH
In reply to Download, open the score,… by Shoichi
Shoichi
I just made the correct guess. I enter the date in 'new score' set up. Since it was already in footer window I did not surmise it should 'not' be there. That was the missing piece noone had mentioned yet and I had yet to guess. Thanks to you and all!
Copyright text in
File - Score Properties -copyright
In reply to Copyright text in File -… by graffesmusic
Gaffesmusic
Sorry, I do not follow your post. That is showing what I already know. Not how to get copyright on first page only! Thanks for the thought.
In reply to Gaffesmusic Sorry, I do not… by R. L. F.
Sorry for all the confusion here, I'll try to make a step by step for you.
(Refer to Shoichi's RLFTest.mscz file for confirmation)
Open File->Score Properties from the menu
Enter your copyright information in the copyright field
Close this window.
Choose Format->Style from the menu. Choose the Header/Footer tab on the left.
Make sure "Footer Text" (halfway down the page, above the second group of text fields) is checked.
Under "Footer Text", check "Show on First Page" box.
Uncheck the "Different odd/even pages" box (optional)
In the first "Middle" text field in the "Footer" section, type "$C"
This will auto-insert your copyright text (from the Score Properties window) as a centered footer on the first page only.
Close the Style window.
You should see your copyright text on page 1 only.
Why does "$C" do this? Because it is a built-in specialized 'metatag'.
You can hover your cursor over a text field in the Header/Footer window to see a list of metatags and their function, or just go here to review the full list (scroll down a bit for the list) : https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/score-properties#header-footer
Hope this helps!
In reply to Sorry for all the confusion… by Al Loast
Thanks
Just made that guess minutes ago. I enter date when setting 'new score'. Did not realize I did not want it to be in footer window, since it was already there! That does make things very confusing. Thanks again for your efforts.