I’ve searched the forum and probably aren’t using the correct terms to search for. I apologize.
I’m trying to add a text frame to the default page (not the first page) in my project so that I can have a title bar and a separate composer frame above the music. I have entered the page editor and have added a text frame where I want it, clicked “apply” then “close” but the new text frame doesn’t appear on my 2nd page (second flow) of the project. After I close the page editor I only see the text frames which were in the original default page layout.
How can I make this new text frame actually show up in my project?
Thanks in advance for any help!
If you’ve edited a page template, have you definitely applied those changes to both pages in the pair, or at least on the corresponding side to the destination page? Each page template comprises two pages: a left page (used for even-numbered pages) and a right page (used for odd-numbered pages).
Thank you, Craig_F! That’s something I have to check out. I was reading the manual yesterday evening, away from my computer, and noticed that. But it wasn’t clear what that meant so I plan on trying to change that this morning when I start working in Dorico again.
Thanks!
Thank you for those links, Lillie! I have done the L-R and R-L copying so that both pages look the same with the new text frame when I’m in the editor. This is an edit to the Default page template, but it will be nice to learn how to assign a new page template to the corresponding page.
The links you put in your messages are wonderful! Thank you very much!
Apologies if I am missing something obvious but I am quite confused about the use of text frames. I have successfully added a footer and a short title but then I can’t see how to get the header to show up in the score. It disappears when I click outside the text frame and I can’t see how to add a title above the first “Hymn” words, as this too disappears. I would like to add different words to the header of the left and right pages, but they mirror automatically. Please could anyone advise me? Friday of the Passion of the Lord Hymn.dorico (1.3 MB)
The text fields on the L & R pages are linked when copied from each other, so you would have to delete one of them and recreate it on the page template. (Notice that you can record the dimensions and attachment points from the properties panel and left column to help you reproduce it exactly.)
There is a blank line above your text and the text box is quite small so when you finish editing, your text is below the box margin thus not visible. Edit out this blank line and your text will appear.
As for the Title on the first page, you have made this box quite small and the default font size is quite large. Again the the box isn’t big enough for the text.
@Derrek already addressed the linked text boxes for right/left pages.
Do you have a pic of what you want it to look like? Especially the first page. It’s tough to make further recommendations without knowing what you’re looking for.
General thoughts: Most of your first page edits were done locally and not in the Page Template, although you did get the footer into the Template which is good. I would assume this is because you could not find out where the Flow Header was set (where you have the text ‘Hymn’). This is not in the Page Template but in the Flow Header definition which is below the Page Templates section in Engrave Mode.
Thank you so much, @Craig_F , @Janus and @Derrek. I am new to using Dorico Pro V 5. I had no idea about the accidental blank line - I couldn’t see this - but it fixed my text problem, so the headers are now perfect in the page template.
I understand now that you have to delete some existing text boxes and draw a new one for custom mirrored pages. Thank you!
