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One of the biggest improvements we've made 
in MuseScore 4 has to do with the engraving –

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– the way the scores themselves look.

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Actually it's not one big improvement, but 
rather hundreds of tiny little improvements

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that will make your scores appear 
more polished and professional.

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If you're opening a score from an older version 
of MuseScore, you may notice some differences.

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This video briefly shows you how 
your scores might be affected.

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We've made some significant 
changes to beams, slurs and ties,

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horizontal spacing, and page layout.

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These changes have meant re-writing 
some of our engraving algorithms

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and setting new default positions for 
various kinds of notated elements.

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So if in an earlier version of MuseScore 
you found yourself manually adjusting

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something like this beam because 
you didn't like its default position,

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then those manual adjustments may 
appear differently in MuseScore 4

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because the default positions 
for beams have now changed.

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Or here, for example, where the spacing 
between these notes is pretty inconsistent.

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You might have previously tried 
to adjust the layout stretch

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or the leading space to fix this.

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In MuseScore 4, we've had to reset the 
layout stretch so our new horizontal

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spacing system can work its magic. Now these 
notes look consistently spaced, by default.

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You might have also moved 
slurs like these, for example,

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so that they're closer to their 
associated note stems or beams.

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Slurs in MuseScore 4 will now 
adopt these positions automatically.

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The good news is that our new 
default positions across the board

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are much better than they were before,

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meaning you'll need to make far fewer 
manual adjustments in your new scores.

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And while we do try to preserve 
as much of the manual customisation

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you might have previously made, 
we'd like to encourage you now to

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manually reset these styles when you 
open your older scores in MuseScore 4.

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Resetting your styles is really easy:

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First, go to Format > Style and then
click "Reset all styles to default".

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And as an additional step, select everything 
by using Control A (or Command A on a Mac),

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and then go to 
Format > Reset shapes and positions.

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Now your score will use our new default 
positions and improved algorithms.

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For a more thorough look at all our 
engraving improvements,

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and how they might affect your older scores,

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check out this detailed article 
on the MuseScore.org website

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(linked in the description below). 
And as always,

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be sure to subscribe to this channel 
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and feature improvements in MuseScore.