New here and new to Dorico. Since Finale announced its ending of support last week and recommended Dorico, I thought I would give it a try. Most things seem doable (although through a different flow), but two things I have been trying to do that have not worked as of yet:
Boxed text: I try to create a boxed text near where the “Lyricist” would be listed, but this is for the approximate Duration of a piece. I know many publishers do this, and in Finale this was a breeze - I just create an Expression term, put a rectangle around it, and paste it at the top left of the first page. I cannot seem to do this any way in Dorico Pro, but am willing to see if there are any workarounds. (Otherwise, I may have to go to Sibelius for publishing reasons.)
The 8 without the bassa. I know I can do a workaround for this, but it is quite annoying having to use the 8va tool to notate a 8--------| without the “bassa” in my scores. Just as Behind Bars justifies using only the 8, I would like to use only the 8 in my scores when it is to play an octave lower. Any help with this would be great, too. (Since I have a workaround, something like Sibelius would not be necessary, but it is one more reason why I might go another direction.)
Thank you for those suggestions! For (1), the issue is still that the text is not boxed. That is what I am hoping to create. For (2), for some reason, it was not working on my Dorico. I will see if your test file answers it for me, but for some reason, when I was trying that option, the system gave an 8 [text not recognized box] for the octave below.
Thank you so much, Jesele! The demo file was also very helpful, as I realized there was just one small tweak I had to make for my ottava options! The boxed text example was also helpful! Thanks!
de nada, when I read that you thought about switching to Sibelius I had to take action.
Worked with and taught Finale for 10 years, then Sibelius for 10 years, and now Dorico since version 1 although I’m now retired. There is no comparison as far as I am concerned.
