Existing scores
I have foolishly downloaded and installed MuseScore3 and now all my previous score settings are over-written by what you think is best. This is particularly annoying with the text fonts. I like MuseJazz and all my scores use that font but now I have put up with some other crap and spend ages converting it back to what I want if I want to reprint it. How can I open my old scores in my preferred settings?
Why is it that software designers always mess things up when they think they are making improvements?
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MuseScore 3 does not overwrite anything, an installed version of MuseScore 2 (and MuseScore1) stay in parallel!
If you don't like what MuseScore 3 does to your MuseScore 2 scores, continue to use MuseScore 2, but miss out on the millions of improvments and bug fixes.
Or continue to use MuseScore 2 for those old scores and use MuseWScore 3 for all new ones.
Or gradually 'import' those 2.x scores into 3.x.
In reply to MuseScore 3 does not… by Jojo-Schmitz
When I installed Musescore3 it automatically overwrote Musescore2 files.
In reply to When I installed Musescore3… by trumpetterry
No, very surely not. Unless you explicitly told it to.
Not on Windows at least, not 100% sure for macOS or Linux
In reply to No, very surely not. Unless… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry. My mistake. I have found MuseScore2. However, you have not solved the problem. If I open files in MS3 all the texts are changed to your preferred font. How do I open scores that I created in MS2 using MS3 and keep all the texts and other settings as original, as I want them?
In reply to Sorry. My mistake. I have… by trumpetterry
MuseScore 3 does not change any fonts, unless you tell it to.
In reply to MuseScore 3 does not change… by Jojo-Schmitz
It does. How do I tell ot not to?
In reply to It does. How do I tell ot… by trumpetterry
MuseScore tries to help you by popping up a dialog when you open a MS 2.x score and earlier MS 3.x scores in MS 3.6.2. You have to tell MuseScore explicitly not to use the new notation font and new text font. And more important, you have to choose Keep old style:
But I do advise you gradually to start using MS 3.6.2, because it offers so many advantages over MS 2.3.2 (which I used to enjoy). MS 3.6.2 really does improve productivity, because it uses intelligent collision avoidance. And MS 3.6.2 also looks more professional because of the new fonts, improved slurs and so on.
In reply to MuseScore tries to help you… by DanielR
That did it. Thank you.
In reply to It does. How do I tell ot… by trumpetterry
As noted, MuseScore only changes to the new font if you explicitly tell it to in the dialog that appears when you open an older score. My guess is you must have chosen yes at some point and also chosen to not see the dialog again, or you'd not be seeing a problem, since you'd realize you have the choice. To reset that decision and start showing the dialog again, go to Edit / Preferences / Imports and enable the option again.
In reply to As noted, MuseScore only… by Marc Sabatella
That did it. Thank you.