Score Text in wrong position when Zoom/Print

[TheRealRoach]

Help!

I'm writing a pop score right now, and after nicely typing in all of the lyrics underneath their respective melody note, i print, and find that the lyric spacing has all be slightly truncated so that the last word of every line is appearing about 1/4 note too early!

I printed to PDF, on a real printer, and Export -> Scores... to jpg, and bmp and the aligned in wrong on all of them. And the alignment is different in every case.

Then I tried adjusting my zoom in the Score window only to find that the text repositioned with every Zoom adjustment!

What is going on?! I need to deliver this score tonight....
(it's a standard melody + piano + lyrics)

Edit: D'oh, I entered the lyrics by "text" rather than using the "lyrics" tool. The misalignment of "text" is still problematic though but at least I can get around it

[Thonex]

I can't help you, but if you need to do this more in the future, then consider Sibelius. I know that's not what you want to hear, but the score printing and general control of anything that are not notes is too much work.

[Animus]

font problem maybe? most likely a bug though. :confused:

I never use the score stuff but maybe somebody here can help you out.

[davidd]

I´m with Thonex - Sibelius is excellent.

Cubendo can be very frustrating for scorewriting, especially if you want to use lyrics.

[kdm]

Edit: D'oh, I entered the lyrics by "text" rather than using the "lyrics" tool. The misalignment of "text" is still problematic though but at least I can get around it

Yes, to solve the problem here, definitely use lyric instead of text entry. Lyrics work fine for the most part. Not as desktop publishing/graphics layout oriented as Sibelius, but it works okay usually, at least enough to get through this one.

[The Guru]

PM vic france at cubase.net. He knows his shit when it comes to score issues. IIRC, this has come up before but I can't remember the fix.

[TheRealRoach]

Thanks guys. Ended up finishing it off in time by using the "Lyrics" input method instead. Had to manually input all of the lyrics again, but I got over it. :rolleyes:

Anyway I don't do too much score stuff... generally just odd-jobs for regular clients who need a lead sheet to give to a backing band/songwriting competition etc.

Overall I do find that C4 is pretty good as a Score editor. It is missing some of the ease-of use functionality that Sibelius has (i've used it in the past), but I sort of like its rugged feel. PLUS, the manual is VERY thorough and quick to navigate. It's basically a fully functioning program unto itself. Just look at the amount of pages dedicated to it in the manual.