Can't add measures

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Post by bj nick » Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:09 pm

This is the last bar of a long-finished piece, but I tried to copy something and "add measures" to the end, and it won't do it.....or rather, it produces what you see here. Tried "clear selected items: page break" but no dice. Very curious what the issue is.
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Post by motet » Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:42 pm

Page and system margins are way off.

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Post by Bill Stevens » Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:05 pm

Following what Motet wrote, if you change the page and system margins so p. 2 has the same settings as p. 1 then everything spreads out nicely.

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Post by N Grossingink » Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:31 pm

Page Layout Tool > Redefine > All Pages.
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Post by motet » Wed Jul 13, 2022 7:15 pm

Redefine pages won't work because it's Document/Page format/Score that's messed up.

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Post by bj nick » Wed Jul 13, 2022 7:18 pm

It's probably best to just uninstall/reinstall.....thanks for the guidance on this.
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Post by motet » Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:20 pm

bj nick wrote:
Wed Jul 13, 2022 7:18 pm
It's probably best to just uninstall/reinstall.....thanks for the guidance on this.
Did you post that in the right thread? The problem is with your file.

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Post by bj nick » Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:26 pm

Oh, I think you're right....I had two different issues posted. Sorry for that.
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Post by bj nick » Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:23 pm

Okay, I sort of gave up on this since I figured heck, it's one messed-up part, don't have the issue w/anything else, but....just returned to this piece, and I really need to resolve it. Final few pages are a mess, and I can't figure out how to reset the page format.
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Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:05 pm
Following what Motet wrote, if you change the page and system margins so p. 2 has the same settings as p. 1 then everything spreads out nicely.

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Can you explain how I do this? Specifically? Maybe a screen shot? Thanks.
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Post by bj nick » Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:44 pm

Okay....figured it out! I did what Bill suggested: I checked the system margins in Page Layout Tool for page 1, went to where the margins were way off, and changed the settings to match what was indicated in page 1. All back to normal. Yay! Don't know how things got botched originally, but now I know how to fix it. Thanks Motet/Bill/everyone.
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Post by bj nick » Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:11 pm

However.....I see this happens when I go to "Add Measures"......the new added measures have the weird page'/margin formatting. How can I change this? Doesn't seem to be any way to "select" the new added pages and change anything.
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Post by motet » Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:19 pm

New pages will obey Document/Page Format. Fix that.

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Post by bj nick » Tue Jul 26, 2022 4:33 pm

Now I see one bar askew in the middle of the piece. Plus the wacky bars at the end. I don't understand how to "fix that." Can I please get a step-by-step? Spent a lot of time trying to figure it out; can't get it right; it keeps cropping up somewhere else in the score. Is there some way to reset everything??
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Post by motet » Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:53 pm

Get Document/Page Format right, then go to the Page Layout tool and pick Redefine Pages/All Pages. To see the default page format settings, which are reasonable, create a default document and look at those.

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Post by bj nick » Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:10 pm

Wow. That did it. Frustrating waste of time, but I learned something. Thanks Motet/others as always.
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