Is there a way to set Dorico 6 to not use the Flows? My work is often just one piece of music , where I have no need for Flows, and I would like to just work on it as such and not have to set Flow settings in every new piece

You must always have a flow in the project to contain the music, there’s no way around that. Could you be more specific about “having to set Flow settings in every new piece”? You can save things like the Show flow headings: Never setting as a default, synchronise project and flow tags in Project In…

thank you, the “create new” tip is is helpful. I can´t really figure out how to save Show flow headings: Never setting as a default, that is why i go to layout options for every project and turn it off. Neither do i see “synchronise project and flow tags” in project info?

There is always one default flow. Its basic to the architecture of Dorico. Just write all in your music in that and don’t think about creating other flows. To that extent, you don’t even need to know about flows.

Thank you so much. However when I try to set as default, nothing changes in the next new project. I still have to set Layout options again. I also set Finale Maestro as default font, but new projects and Xml imports all start with Bravura.

If you have a template that you use as the basis for your projects, make the changes there.

[image] IonB: try to set as default, nothing changes in the next new project. When you make the changes, click the star at the bottom left to “make default”. This will include it in future projects instead of just the local one.

[image] IonB: Thank you so much. However when I try to set as default, nothing changes in the next new project. When you set options as default, they will take effect in new projects started with File > New. But if you start a new project from a template, either with File > New From Project T…

Thank you so much for help. I am beginning to get an overview now. But regarding my main topic here, I would still like to have a “Flowless” modus operandi. But thats maybe just Finale nostagia:-)

[image] IonB: Flowless” modus operandi. Even in Finale, you had a “workflow.” If it was anything like mine, it was haphazard! :joy: Seriously, there were things in Finale that you had to do before other tasks or you would find yourself doing them again! Layouts could be messed up if somethin…

Bypassing the flows

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TonH May 8, 2026, 3:43pm 4

Did you see this in the Layout Options? (or didn’t it work like expected)

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