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Dorico Operation Manual

Dorico manual

All Steinberg product manuals are available at Steinberg.help, and as an online resource or PDF and is updated regularly. 

Courses & training

If you’d like to further your Dorico knowledge, why not try a course?  You can choose from online group sessions, video or online courses or bespoke to your needs with a one-to-one trainer.

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Questions?

The Steinberg Support Portal has articles for known issues, downloads, manuals and contact information for support teams in all regions.

Log in to your Steinberg account to raise a support ticket with our team if you have specific questions.

Join the conversation with our team on the official Dorico forum.  Search for areas and topics of interest. 

If you have a deadline approaching and want to book some time for specific help.

Social Media

Join the Dorico community group to chat with many very knowledgeable people, who can often help answer your questions about Dorico.
Facebook groups are also available in Dansk, Deutsch, Français, Italia, Português, Spanish.

Workflow ideas

Downloadable shortcut guides, links to compatible hardware and options to increase your productivity.

Learn Dorico in 11 Minutes

In this short video Anthony Hughes walks you through Dorico Elements in just 11 minutes, helping you to learn the basics of the user interface and many features including note input, the key editor, setting up your projects, advanced engraving features, how to change the sounds your project is using, and printing or exporting graphics.

Getting Started with Dorico SE

This video series on Getting Started with Dorico SE is also suitable for Dorico Elements and Pro and covers topics from finding your way around and starting your first project as well as guitar and percussion notation, editing and arranging, sharing projects and playback.

Click the button below for the whole series on our YouTube channel.

Note Input Tutorials

This comprehensive video series covers all aspects of how to input music into Dorico from how to start note input, the caret and grid, using a mouse or keyboard, pitch and duration, chords, slurs, articulations, rests, tuplets, grace notes, ties and unique Dorico features such as Insert mode and inputting notes simultaneously across multiple staves.

Click the button below to watch the whole series on our YouTube channel.

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Whether you're just getting started with Dorico, looking for templates, or to increase your productivity, our Resources section has all the options you need.

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