Obstinate stave text
I am upgrading past transcriptions to Musescore 3.5 (Yes, looking for answers has made me realise that I am way behind). My problem is that while rationalising the layout a piece of stave text seems to have ended up away from its designated position. It will not highlight, take a right click, nothing so I cannot delete it. I have been able to re-type the instruction in the right position (I used system text). Please can anyone help me sort this out? The text reads "Back to page 1 for verse 2" at the top of page for of attached score.
Yours, Olive Brookes
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Maybe someone can offer an explanation as to why it happened or have an elegant way of fixing this, but I just used the brute force method of deleting the section of code that contained it. Is the attached of any use?
If you switch to continuous view you will find that you can then select the obstinate text You will see that it is attached to the last measure of volta 1. Somehow it has been moved away from its default position and now appears on the "wrong" page. When that happens it is impossible too select, as you have found. You can delete it while in continuous view.
Another way to fix such obstinate items is to use CTRL+A to select everything followed by CTRL+R to reset everything to its default position. The latter method is probably easiest but it has the disadvantage of resetting all customised positions - including those that you set on purpose. After resetting the obstinate item's position it can be deleted.
In reply to If you switch to continuous… by SteveBlower
Thank you Steve. I couldn't find an option for continuous view but the second option worked perfectly. Nothing else moved so no further problems.
In reply to Thank you Steve. I couldn't… by oddy.brookes@g…
From the MU3 Handbook https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#viewing-modes
Very similar in MU4 https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/navigating-your-score#views
In reply to From the MU3 Handbook https:… by SteveBlower
Again, thank you. I was looking under view and was totally oblivious to the Page View button. Lol! Have never used it before.
In reply to Again, thank you. I was… by oddy.brookes@g…
I'm an experiential learner.
In reply to If you switch to continuous… by SteveBlower
Yes, Ctrl-A / Ctrl-R was also the first thing I thought.
So you can see that this text obviously belongs to measure 37.
Then execute the "Undo" command and select only this measure 37 (this also selects the text) and press Ctrl-R again without affecting other customized positions .
Now it moves to the right place and you can edit it again or even delete it.
In reply to Yes, Ctrl-A / Ctrl-R was… by HildeK
Thank you. I've printed the emails you both have sent to put in my own "manual'" for future reference.