There are two kinds of templates... "Blank music paper" templates are like music paper you might buy in a store: they are laid out with blank staff lines, and they can be printed out for adding handwritten music later.  The other kind of template is a "starter score" for creating new MusEdit scores.  When you use this kind of template to start a new MusEdit score the basic layout (title, composer, and the layout of staff lines) is already done, so it's easy to start entering the music right away.  Plus, by using a template like this your music scores will have a uniform, professional look.

   There are many different kinds of templates available depending on what kind of music you want to write, and how you want your score to look... 

Blank music paper templates:

( These are useful for printing out and then writing music the "old fashioned way" - ie. with a pen or pencil!  You can then transcribe your handwritten music with into MusEdit later if you want. )

Starting templates for MusEdit scores:

( These are "starter scores" which you can use each time you start a new MusEdit score )

Notes:

Making your own MusEdit templates...

    It's quite easy to make your own template with MusEdit.  Here's how:

   The easiest way to make your own template is to start with an existing template and simply modify it to suit your needs.  Or, if you want to do one from scratch...

1. Start a new document via File | New MusEdit File
2. Set up the page layout you want ( orientation: horizontal or vertical, margins, page numbering style ) via File | Print Options
3. Enter a sample title, author, and copyright info (you could copy these lines from one of the templates above).  Click in the title line and hit Ctrl+F to change the font to a bigger, bolder one if you want.  Change the font of the author, copyright, and other lines if you want...
      Tip: To enter copyright info, type (c) - this group of characters will become a © symbol.
4. Enter the type of lines you want in your score.  If you want anything more complicated than a simple staff line you will probably want to insert a "line group" via Insert | Line Group.  Tip: if you will have lyrics below a staff it is best to include the lyrics in the line group as a "Text" line.
5. Adjust the length of the lines via Actions | Set Staff Line Length if you want.
6. Add bars to the lines if you wish to have pre-spaced measures.
7. When the score is laid out the way you want, make it "Read Only" and then save it.  By making it Read-Only you protect the template from accidental changes because as soon as you start to add music or text to the template you will get a reminder to do "Save As..." and save the original template under a different name.
8. You may want to make a consistent template for pages after the first (since the title and author info will only be on the first page).  An easy way to do this is by copying the first page and them simply deleting the top few lines from it to create follow-up pages.  Make the follow-up page "Read-Only" and  save it.