how to fit score to page(s)

Score and part layout usually requires a number of compromises, including for example juggling settings to a) evenly space measures and systems, b) avoid awkward page turns, c) avoid "orphan" measures at the start or end of repeats, d) avoid a marking below one system forcing a wide distance to avoid a marking above the next system, e) minimise the number of pages, f) maintain legibility. Often only some of those objectives can be realised and deciding which ones have to give is a matter of context and taste. Automating the decisions will be difficult to say the least and the results unlikely to be to everyone's taste.

> It would be nice if there was a "fit to page(s)" function.
Is there a similar function in a word processing program, for example? No! What do you do there then?

• You change the font size. Musescore can also do this via scaling.
• you use a different line spacing. Musescore can also do this, the spacing is configurable.
• you change the size of the page margins. Musescore can do this too.
• And Musescore also has the possibility to increase or decrease the layout stretch with the '{' and '}' keys. Word processing cannot do this.