Certificates
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Everyone who enters the UK Songwriting Contest receives a personalised UKSC Certificate for each song. These look great framed on your home or studio wall and they can be used in CVs or on websites etc. The press often use photos of winners, finalists and semi finalist holding their certificates and they have also been seen on major TV networks during features on successful UKSC entrants. Each Certificate has the song title, the writer's name (or names), the year, the song category and the position reached in the contest that year. There are Winner, Finalist, Semi Finalist, Special Mention, Commended Entry, Higher Commended Entry, Participant and Songwriter Certificates and you will be awarded a personalised Certificate that matches the position your song reaches in the contest.
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To see your certificates go to your personal song dashboard and follow the links. Or go to that year´s results page on this website and enter either your name or the song title in the results search box. You results will appear with the position the song reached in the contest and also the score and rating awarded to that song by the judging panels. There will be a link to the Certificate for each song. Click on that link to see the Certificate.
TIPS ON PRINTING CERTIFICATES
Every browser/computer and printer combination is different and you may need to make adjustments to get the certificate to print the way you want. You should save as a Complete Web Page for best results. Read the following tips for advice and ideas.
1. Click the "Certificate" link next to your song listing to see and print your certificate. It should print correctly on A4 paper if you have saved it as a Complete Web Page.
2. You don't want the web page details to appear on the top and bottom of the page when you print the certificate. If you can see these use "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" to click on "Remove Header and Footers", or delete these yourself manually, to remove these webpage details.
3. In "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" use the Margin controls to adjust the margins if necessary, and centre the certificate if necessary. Every printer browser combination is different and you may need to adjust these settings to get the certificate to appear exactly as you wish. If you have saved as a Complete Web Page it should automatically print and display correctly on A4 paper, but on some devices it may sometimes need adjusting.
4. Print on the paper of your choice. You may wish to use heavy certificate or parchment effect paper. Frame if you wish.
PAPER: Try using different types of paper for different effects. There are many special certificate papers available in shops and some have attractive borders pre-printed onto the paper. We made have our border very simple on purpose so that this will not clash with any of these designs. We have made the certificates so that it is possible for you to remove or change the border and even change colours and other details by saving and editing in Word.
LAYOUT PROBLEM? In some cases where there are unusual computer settings or where the name(s), song title etc are longer than average, this may effect the layout and you may need to use the "Resize" facility in Print Preview. Try resizing to 90% or experiment with different sizes. Often resizing will solve the problem.
NOTE: You should save your certificate on your computer (it is best to save as a "Complete Web Page") and keep it to view and print out later, as certificates will not remain online indefinitely. You can also copy the page and snip as a screen shot, this can be saved as a jpg and put on a website or emailed to others etc.
TIPS ON PRINTING CERTIFICATES
Every browser/computer and printer combination is different and you may need to make adjustments to get the certificate to print the way you want. You should save as a Complete Web Page for best results. Read the following tips for advice and ideas.
1. Click the "Certificate" link next to your song listing to see and print your certificate. It should print correctly on A4 paper if you have saved it as a Complete Web Page.
2. You don't want the web page details to appear on the top and bottom of the page when you print the certificate. If you can see these use "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" to click on "Remove Header and Footers", or delete these yourself manually, to remove these webpage details.
3. In "Print Preview" and "Page Set Up" use the Margin controls to adjust the margins if necessary, and centre the certificate if necessary. Every printer browser combination is different and you may need to adjust these settings to get the certificate to appear exactly as you wish. If you have saved as a Complete Web Page it should automatically print and display correctly on A4 paper, but on some devices it may sometimes need adjusting.
4. Print on the paper of your choice. You may wish to use heavy certificate or parchment effect paper. Frame if you wish.
PAPER: Try using different types of paper for different effects. There are many special certificate papers available in shops and some have attractive borders pre-printed onto the paper. We made have our border very simple on purpose so that this will not clash with any of these designs. We have made the certificates so that it is possible for you to remove or change the border and even change colours and other details by saving and editing in Word.
LAYOUT PROBLEM? In some cases where there are unusual computer settings or where the name(s), song title etc are longer than average, this may effect the layout and you may need to use the "Resize" facility in Print Preview. Try resizing to 90% or experiment with different sizes. Often resizing will solve the problem.
NOTE: You should save your certificate on your computer (it is best to save as a "Complete Web Page") and keep it to view and print out later, as certificates will not remain online indefinitely. You can also copy the page and snip as a screen shot, this can be saved as a jpg and put on a website or emailed to others etc.
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