Unable to delete instrument name from imported musescore 2 file
Can't delete the instrument names from my compositions after import.
(Also is there a way to reduce the space between the lyric staff and piano staff. it is throwing off all my pages.)
I have tinkered with all the style page settings and know about shift { but whatever I try I can seem to adjust the space between the lyric staff and the grand piano staff. Thanks!
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right click into the staff, staff properties, there you can detele long and/or short instrument name
In reply to right click into the staff,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok thanks. I should read the manual before posting bugs reports. (Though I did look this up, I right clicked in the wrong spot)
Anyway, thanks again. I just spent 3.5 hours upgrading all my stuff. Not exactly what I wanted to do. But other than a few strange layouts, and lyrics with extra ____ it was pretty painless.
OK I am officially on Musescore 3 now! Best of luck everyone.
In reply to Ok thanks. I should read… by Unknown Prodigy
There is a request to get the old method back, as an alternative
In reply to There is a request to get… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yeah I don't see a need to delete that feature. I can understand changing menus for functionality. But removing the 'old way' doesn't seem to serve a purpose. I hope it comes back!
In reply to Yeah I don't see a need to… by Unknown Prodigy
It's already back in the nightly builds and should be in the next update. However, it should be noted that this isn't the "old" way - it was actually added only fairly recently (within the last few years). Staff Properties has always been the official way to alter instrument names; it's the direct hitting of delete that was new. And that new way definitely had problems, quite a few crashes resulting from the code that attempted to make it possible to delete or edit instruments names without going through staff properties. Some of those crashes were among the worst experienced in MuseScore, including ones that resulted in complete loss of scores. That is why the functionality was removed - to prevent crashes that had proved difficult to fix. Hopefully those bugs are fixed now, but still, just wanted to clarify that it was not disabled for no reason.
Also is there a way to reduce the space between the lyric staff and piano staff. it is throwing off all my pages.
Use menu item: Format -> Style... -> Lyrics to reset Lyrics Text margins back to default. (Click the x with the counterclockwise arrow)
In reply to Also is there a way to… by Jm6stringer
Perfect. That was the other thing I was having problems with. Now I can get my scores exactly back to how they were. Thanks!