Master pages function like templates in Dorico Pro, allowing the same page formatting to be applied to multiple different pages in different layouts.įlow headings allow you to show the titles of flows immediately above their first system automatically. The Engraving Options dialog provides multiple options that allow you to make project-wide changes to your project by changing the graphical appearance and position of items. It provides panels with all the tools and functions that allow you to format the pages, systems, and properties of individual notations in your score. The project window in Engrave mode contains the default toolbar, the music area, and the status bar. You can also determine how the pages in each layout of your project are formatted for printing or exporting. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.Įngrave mode allows you to manipulate and modify every item in your project, but without deleting them, moving them rhythmically, or changing the pitch of notes. Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. You can also determine how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts. Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, layouts, and videos. In addition to opening and importing/exporting projects and other file formats, project and file handling also includes auto-save and project backups.

The user interface of Dorico Pro is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible while keeping all of the important tools at your fingertips. This chapter helps you to get started with Dorico Pro.ĭorico is based on a number of key concepts that come from its design philosophy.

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