Error message pop up when drag bitmap symbol created from Word file
I am on Mac OS x 10.75, and using Musesocre 1.2.
I tried to drag and drop the symbol that I created from word to the Musesocre, but it pop up an error message before the whole programme crash:
unknown drop format: formats 0:
I need to create lots of different fingering symbols that can only created from Word, the only way work is to save each symbol as png file, the place on Musesore, but that would be lots of work to do to finish one piece.
This drag and drop way seems work well on PC, see this post: http://musescore.org/en/node/1835
But why not Mac?
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Unless I'm missing something, the thread you mention doesn't refer to Word at all. And as far as I know, trying to paste an omage directly from Word wouldn't work on Windows, either. I believe it has to be an actual graphic format, not whatever i ternal meta-format Word might use for its own graphics. So I believe you would indeed have to save these graphics as PNG files, or else use a different program that produces clipboard elements in an appropriate format, as PC Paint apparently does.
Wat kind of fingering symbols are these, BTW? Are you sure they cannot be created directly from MuseScore?
In reply to Unless I'm missing something, by Marc Sabatella
I referred the thread only show the way of drag and drop, didn't mean what exactly software.
The fingering symbols I wish to input in the MuseScore is called Jianzipu, for a musical instrument called Guqin. You may check these two pages for details explanation:
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~jrb/chin/v46/v46.htm
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~jrb/chin/v44/v44.htm
This type of fingering symbols had not been able to create from computer, all these symbols were hand-written in publications. Even the above two webpages have to use picture format to show the fingering symbols. About one year ago an input method has been developed which seems perfect to be able to create these fingering symbols on Word, see the sample below:
![Screen Shot 2012-12-09 at 17.28.39.jpg]( "Screen Shot 2012-12-09 at 17.28.39.jpg")
This has been a huge step to translate these over 1200 years old symbols to the digits world. So ideally would wish to bring these fingering symbols combined with the staff notation together like this:
![Screen Shot 2012-12-09 at 17.39.21.jpg]( "Screen Shot 2012-12-09 at 17.39.21.jpg")
Maybe we still can dream of it for now.
In reply to I referred the thread only by harps_on
Interesting! If those symbols were available in a font, you could use them easily in MuseScore, and if this is something you plan to use a lot, that is perhaps soemthing worth investigation.
As it is, though, I think you might be misunderstanding what the instructions you reference are suggestion. I don't think they are talking about adding graphics to MuseScore at all. They are talking about saving your MuseScore *as a graphic file*, and then loading that graphic file into a graphcis editor like Paint, and doing you copy and paste *completely from within Paint". That is, one Paint window has a graphic copy of your lead sheet, the other has the symbols, and you are copying from one Paint window to another Paint window, not from a Paint window to a MuseScore window. See the very first couple of sentences:
After you create your leadsheet with MuseScore save it as a graphic file... a jpg, gif, or whatever format you like.
Then open it up in PC Paint
Anyhow, as far as I know, the only way to insert graphics into MuseScore is via drag and drop of a supported file format - that goes equally for Windows as for Mac. So if you wish to insert these graphics, you will indeed need to save each as a separae PNG file. How many different symbols are there? Might not be that bad to do it that way.
In reply to Interesting! If those by Marc Sabatella
Sorry for the intrusion.
Perhaps there is a character set for LibreOffice?
a library can be added?
eg, http://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Special_Character/zh-CN
Franz
English is not my first language ;-)
In reply to answer with a question by Shoichi
Those fingering symbols I showed are not characters at all! Another way some people say is they are 'tablature notation'. The information contain in these symbols included finger positions and stroke techniques. They have been using for over 1200 years. They are like the bar chord indications for a guitar.
In reply to Interesting! If those by Marc Sabatella
For a single song, you could also create a full line of symbols, then take a screenshot, save it in PNG and the full line in MuseScore.
In reply to For a single song, you could by [DELETED] 5
Thanks. Since each symbol need to be put below almost each note, otherwise, it won't make sense.
At the moment, for the purpose of a perfect layout, the easier way I could think of is to create a proper staff score from MuseScore, then explore to an image file, then insert it into word file as background picture, then i can create these symbols easily from Word, and scale it and put it anywhere i want that can match each staff note. But then it won't able to have all the music functions from MuseScore.
In reply to Thanks. Since each symbol by harps_on
How do you create the symbol in Word? Do you use a plugin or a macro? or do you select a special font?
In reply to How do you create the symbol by [DELETED] 5
There are special input programmes, just need to install like a normal small software, the way to input to word is just like the way type in other languages character in Word rather than English letter. For PC only at the moment.
In reply to There are special input by harps_on
Can you give a link to this small software if I want to try it?
In reply to Interesting! If those by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for explaining that graphic files thread, yes, I didn't read too details of that thread.
I heard there are about 2500 different symbols, so it is impossible to save all as graphics. There is no such a font format for these symbols yet. Reading from other related forum, I believe many people are looking for a software that can bring these symbols to the staff notation.
In reply to Thanks for explaining that by harps_on
is a long road, but I gave it a try.
a folder called "Jianzipu";
save images (16x16/24x24/32x32) with eg http://icofx.ro/;
To begin with those of a score (the recurring ideograms);
drag-and-drop (have all the music functions?)
I give up, I go to work, Franz
I think the best bet for printing or display is export MuseScore file as transparent-background image and add symbols using their special program. Alternatively, can these symbols be broken down into 4 parts - top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right? If so then a font could be created comprising the elements that make up the four parts and then they could be entered as lyrics on two lines e.g.
BA
CD