In Slice 1 I have triplets still selected in the following bar. When I attempt to cancel them using Shift>colon, then nothing happens. If I delete the triplet bracket then I get the issue in Slice 2. Deleting the offending bar does nothing. Can someone advise what is the solution please. I’ve tried everything that seems to be suggested in the manual.
Jan, this looks like you have put in your triplets with the wrong rhythmical note value selected.
Meaning, you had a quarter note (crotchet) selected before you invoked the triplets, thus making the triplet span over the bar line.
Correct procedure in this case: start by selecting an eighth note (quaver) before invoking the triplet.
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Having reached the situation in slice 2, just select the D and do ; Enter. This will create a new tuplet with the correct (quaver) base and pull the F# back into that tuplet.
To avoid these situations you can always be explicit about the base of the tuplet by specifying it in the tuplet popover like this…
Here the e denotes eighths, but you could equally use q for quarters or h for halves etc.
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This is interesting. I invoke a triplet with ; before entering any note value at the caret. I just press enter when the box with “3” opens and Dorico understands that when I enter a quaver it is to be a 3:2e triplet, or a 3:2q triplet if I enter a crotchet. In other words there’s no need to put anything in the box unless you need something more unusual.
Am I doing it wrongly?
I guess you must be using pitch before duration?
In a word, yes.
A tuplet in Dorico is x of something in the space of y of that same thing. For every tuplet, you need to define what that thing is. If you don’t explicitly tell Dorico in the popover, the program will use the currently selected rhythmic value in the left panel. Maybe you’ve just gotten lucky and have always had the desired rhythmic value selected when starting a tuplet.
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Peter, yes Dorico understands- but only if you have selected a rhythmical value first. So either there is a quaver or a crotchet in your score that you have selected, or you have selected a value by having pressed a 5 or 6 on your keyboard beforehand. Dorico’s default rhythmical value when you start inputting notes is a crotchet. So if you have nothing selected beforehand: you will get a tuplet of three crotchets. This might have happened in your very first example.
Otherwise follow @asherber’s advice to input the values directly into the popover. If you think about it, this gives you extreme flexibility to input any kind of tuplet you can think of, even nested tuplets..
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Yes, that’s correct.
Respectfully, that’s not true. I just tried it again to make sure. Using pitch before duration, with the caret active and no rhythmical value selected or highlighted, I invoked a tuplet, the box pops up with a 3 (for a triplet) and I simply press return. I don’t need to enter anything in the box. The triplet is then formed of 3 of whatever note duration I enter.
Possibly, but I’d ask to you try what I’m saying please before you dismiss it.
I stand corrected. Per the manual:
When inputting tuplets using pitch before duration, Dorico Pro determines the base value of the tuplet on either the first note you input after specifying the tuplet or the note value included in your tuplet ratio.
Apart from having to press return to cancel the pop-up, entering triplets like this is exactly how it is done in Finale! 
Sorry Peter, I have never used pitch before duration, that’s why my assumption (and explanation) was wrong.
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