Templates and styles

    Overview

    A template is simply a standard MuseScore file (*.mscz) that has been stored in the “Templates” folder in your MuseScore 4 user directory. Now, when you start the New Score dialog, the template file will appear in the “My templates” section of the Create from template tab.

    A style file, which is applied from the Format menu, is a file containing customized style settings for all musical and text objects in a score.

    Templates

    Saving your score as a template

    1. Create a specimen score containing the style settings, workspace, and title text that you wish to use in the template.
    2. Save the score in the "Template" folder of your MuseScore 4 user directory.

    Creating a score from your template

    1. Open the New Score dialog
    2. Choose a template file in the “My templates” section of the Create from template tab.
    3. Complete the rest of the New Score dialog and exit.

    Style files

    Saving style settings for your score to a file

    1. Create a score with the style settings that you wish to save and reuse in future scores
    2. Select Format→Save style, and save the Style file in the “Styles” folder of your MuseScore 4 user directory.

    Loading style settings into your score from a file

    1. Open the score to which you want to apply the saved style settings
    2. Select Format→Load style, and select the applicable style file.

    Setting a default style for your score

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