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Tip: Move or duplicate music to the staff above or below
- Select one or more notes.
- Right-click and choose Paste Special > Move to Staff Above or Below. You can also use the key commands Alt+N or Alt+M.
- There are also similar commands for duplicating the music to the adjacent staves.
Tip: Change the time display in the mini transport
- By default, the mini transport readout display bars, beats and ticks.
- Click the time display to show the total elapsed time for all all flows.
- Click again to display the timecode for the current flow.
- Click once more to cycle back to displaying bars, beats and ticks.
Tip: Change the size of music items by setting a scale value
- Make a selection and open the Properties panel.
- Enable the Scale property and choose an option from the menu.
- Alternatively, enable the Custom scale property and choose any value to scale the items to.
- Custom scale values can be set for all types of music item.
Tip: Change the appearance of the symbol at the start of a pedal line
- Select a pedal line and open the Properties panel.
- Enable the Sign appearance property and choose an option from the menu.
- You can change the appearance of all pedal lines in your project in Engraving Options.
Tip: How to add flared ends to hairpins
- Select a hairpin.
- Switch to Engrave mode.
- Open the Properties panel.
- Enable the Flared end property.
- There are Engraving Options for controlling the width and height of the flared ends.
Tip: Give your scores a handwritten look by changing the music font
- Switch to Engrave mode.
- Open the Engrave menu and choose Music Fonts…
- Select Petaluma and press OK.
- The default music and text fonts used to render the score will update to use the Petaluma family which emulate the appearance of handwritten scores.
Tip: Introducing the Playing Techniques editor
- Select a playing technique then click the edit button in the Playing Techniques panel.
- You can edit many aspects of the playing technique, including its visual appearance and its playback properties.
Tip: How to change the beat unit of a tempo
- Create a tempo and select it.
- Open the Properties panel.
- Choose a new beat unit. It can include dotted or double dotted beat values.
Tip: Dorico plays back repeats automatically
- Set up you repeats and Dorico will play them back automatically, regardless of how complex the repeats structures get.