Is it ok to attach a Dorico file as an example of what I’m working on and asking a question about it?
Thanks,
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Yeah, of course!
Most of the times this will be much more usefull than only describing the problem, and sometimes it is the only way people will be able to help you.
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Yes. In fact this is even encouraged in this pinned thread:
(see point 4)
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@Estigy @Frigolito
Thanks so much for your help!
I truly look forward to a day when I can be helpful to others learning the program. But, I’ve got a long way to go! 
Hi, I am a long time Finale user and recently moved to Dorico. I am trying to learn its idiosyncrasies but, I recently found something I can’t resolve. I am writing a leadsheet in 2/4 with mostly one chord per bar and sometimes two. TWhen I view the part all bars with one chord show with a rest and a number 1 on top. It does not haven when there are two chords. I can’t find a way to remove the number. Can someone more experienced in that help. Thank you. I am attaching a snip of the resulting part.
Welcome to the forum @Paris_Psaros.
You can adjust how whole bar rests are displayed via Engraving Options. I’m not in a position to check why this might be happening, sorry.
Uploading a small portion of this project (e.g. this section) would be very helpful for those who are in a position to help.
Hi @Paris_Psaros, and welcome to the Forum!
(It would be better if you could create a new topic for your request, being it different than the original topic.)
Anyway: the numbers 1 that you see are multi-bar rests. They are being splitted into single multi-bar rests when the chord appears at the beginning of the bar. When you have two chords, there is no multi-bar rest because the chord in the middle splits that further. Here the Engraving option to not see the number 1:
Or you can deactivate multi-bar rests for the desired layout in layout options > Players > Bars and Multi-Bar Rests:
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Thank you all for the invaluable help. I see that there are many option in different places that can affect it. I used the option in the engraving panel and problem solved. Thank you Christian_R
Welcome to the forum @Paris_Psaros !
In case you haven’t found it yet, here’s the relevant page from the Dorico Pro 5 manual. I would recommend bookmarking the online manual, as it’s quite flexible in search terms (for example, this page was the 2nd result when searching “bar rest number 1”)
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