Enlarging Notes
I'm enlarging a score to 22 pt for an elderly church member and I'd like to enlarge the notes as well. Under Format - Style - Notes I've found "Dot size" but it only goes to 200%, and OK doesn't result in a change anyway. "Stem thickness" responds. The "Apply to all parts" button is grayed. Any ideas?
Stacey
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Format > Page Settings > Scaling (sp)
See https://musescore.org/en/tutorials/modified-stave-notation for a bunch more tips on creating large print sheet music.
The "scaling" setting is the first thing to try, before attempting to just enlarge the notes. You change the scaling in the page settings.
To be clear: the "staff space" (scaling) setting in the Page Settings is actually the only setting you'd want to change normally - it will enlarge not just notes, not just dots, but everything all at once - including text. So you'll probably want to reset your text changes, actually - once you turn up the staff space, the text will now be too big.
The settings you see in Format / Style / Notes are for making fine customizations after increasing the overall staff space / scaling. Like you might find that, depending on the specifics of a person's vision issues, they might do better with vertical lines thinner or thicker than what the plain scaling does automatically. The article on "modified stave notation" mentioned previously is a good one.