help function
I am extremely dissatisfied with the help function. So far i have tried 3 subjects and struck out on all. It seems that Help doesn't. Most recently, I tried to find out how to re-size the coda symbol. I tried typing resize symbol, bigger symbol, larger symbol, make symbol larger, and many others. NOTHING. I's sure there's a way to do it, but it's not in Help. Help really needs to be comprehensive, otherwise why bother?
Fred J.
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The english handbook is in Wiki mode so you are welcome if you want to participate. You can discuss documentation wording etc... on the dedicated forum.
The forum is also helpful. You just need to search or if you don't find an answer, ask.
Regarding the Coda symbol, it's just a text. You can resize the text by double clicking it. Selecting it and change the font size in the bottom text bar.
In reply to The english handbook is in Wiki mode by [DELETED] 5
Hi Lasconic,
Thanks for the quick reply. What is Wiki mode? I may be welcome to contribute, but that's the blind leading the sighted; I know nothing about how to use MuseScore. That's why I am complaining about Help being unhelpful.
As to Codas, my coda symbol definitely does NOT behave like text. With text, if I double click, the bar with the name and size, etc. appears at the bottom of the page. No matter how I click on the coda symbol, no such thing happens. No dialogue box appears, no text block, no bar with fonts, etc. Nothing. Period. And I just tried to insert a fermata, with the same result. So what do I do?
Yet another conundrum: How do I put an eighth-note rest at the beginning of a measure? If I need to type a note and then change it to a rest, how do I do that? Once again, Help is useless.
Fred J.
In reply to Coda & Help function by fbjacobo
I had a similar problem. I discovered that I needed to SELECT ALL (highlighted) and then, when I adjusted the size in the text box the coda and other signs changed.
Regards,
In reply to Coda sign by xavierjazz
Hi Xavier,
That would work just fine, but I don't want to adjust all the other text in the piece. There are chord names and written directions. They are the size I want them to be.
Fred J.
In reply to Hi Xavier, That would work by fbjacobo
1 has nothing to do with 2
In reply to 1 by xavierjazz
OK, I get it now - I thought you meant that chord names were treated as symbols. However, I don't know what you mean by 'select all'. All what? If I select all, then all the measures are highlighted. I have no other symbols in the piece yet, so what is there to select? What am I not getting here?
Fred J.
In reply to OK, I get it now - I thought by fbjacobo
Then select all. Then adjust the size.
Regards,
In reply to Double click on the coda sign (select the coda sign) by xavierjazz
I double-clicked on the coda sign. It turned blue. Then I tried the 'select all' and nothing happened. No dialogue box, sizing box, etc. And once again, I have a coda sign that won't allow itself to be deleted. So... 1. how do I delete the #$%^& thing? 2. How do i get the sizing box (bar?)?
Thanks for trying.
Fred J.
In reply to I double-clicked on the coda by fbjacobo
Was the bottom of your screen visible?
In reply to Was the bottom of your screen visible? by xavierjazz
I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean, ""was there any box with the name of the font and the size", then no it wasn't visible. As far as I can tell, though, it is visible. On the bottom at the left is the thumbnail picture of the document, and that's it.
Fred J.
In reply to I'm not sure what you mean. by fbjacobo
Place coda.
Double click on coda
Ctrl-A (select all).
There should be text edit info at the bottom of your screen.
XP SP3.
What is your operating system?
Regards,
In reply to I'm not sure what you mean. by fbjacobo
My guess is you didn't use the right coda for this job. The coda we are talking about is the one in the repeat palette. You might have picked up the one in the symbol palette.
here is a video :
In reply to My guess is you didn't use by [DELETED] 5
Yes, that's what I did. I didn't realize that the coda sign in the repeat section would be treated differently than the symbol coda. (Why in the world is there one in the symbol menu???) Thank you. And thanks to all who have given their time to help.
Fred J.
In reply to Coda & Help function by fbjacobo
In the current version of MuseScore, you can change a note to a rest by leaving note entry mode (Press Esc), click on a notehead and press the space bar. Note that it will change the note into a rest and not insert a rest.