Looks like a bug: the downbow mark at the beginning of the divisi for the lower staff is not showing on the condensed staff. If you mov
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e it up a bit, it will.
Dorico 5.1.70.2200
What do you mean by āmove it up a bitā?
I mean, if you move it to the right by one grid-position (even if thatās a semidemiquaver, I think the lowest possible?) in write-mode, it will show in engrave mode. Meaning it must be related to it being at the very start of the divisi staff.
Itās not a bug.
- Double-click the Condensing Change to open the dialog
- Tick the Double Bass in the left-hand column
- In the right-hand column, scroll down to Allow amalgamation for playing techniques
- Activate and then deselect it
Itās possible to save this setting as default by going to the below section in Notation Options:
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@JustusR, @DanielMuzMurray is right. Learn to set the correct options before you shout ābugā.
OT: Those bowings are entirely unnecessary and will be ignored by Bassists.
Oh, so it is! Many thanks! I was really wrong-footed there.
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Whoa! Easy, tiger. If you are from the Dorico team, please confirm you prefer me not to report suspected bugs, on the basis that I might be wrong and they arenāt.
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If you merely report that you are having difficulty accomplishing something in the program, Daniel and the Development Team are happy to admit if they determine it is a bug, but if someone cannot accomplish something, too often someone will claim something is a bug when they really mean āitās not my fault.ā
When I take the trouble of making a tailored file, to post on this forum with a clear description of what the issue is, I genuinely do that with the intent of helping the makers improve the product. Over the years, Iāve probably reported about 10 (?) āsuspected bugsā, and yes - sometimes it turned out to be I was doing something wrong or wasnāt aware of a detail - but equally Iāve been able to highlight quite a few problems, for the greater good. If I just want to know how to do something, Iād post it on the Facebook forum instead. I just donāt think itās good tactics to get angry at people who report bugs, even if turns out it was their mistake. Because all you do is discourage people from reporting them.
Iām not angry. Iām just not the boy who cries wolf.
I let the Development Team decide whatās a bug.
That is not to say you shouldnāt raise questions when something confuses you.
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Thanks for taking the trouble to make the file - and all the other people who do this as well, it helps all of us. Whenever I have post something like this, I try to use words like āissueā or āproblemā instead of ābugā, because like the others said above, it might not be a bug.
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That is definitely a learning value I take away from this unexpected thread 
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