I wanted to have a song start on measure three, instead of measure one. I did this in Finale a few years ago and exported it to XML to update the arrangement in Dorico. Now that I’ve changed the arrangement, I want the first measure to be labeled as 1, but Dorico thinks it is 3. I don’t know how to change the project settings so that the first measure number can be labeled what you want!
Right-click at something at the beginning, and from the popup menu choose Bar Numbers → Bar Number Change.
Alternatively: if the bar number is shown on the first system, select and delete it, it will revert to 1.
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If the first bar number is wrong and something other than 1, especially for an XML import, it’s possible there’s already a bar number change.
Try selecting the number 3, and then in Write mode, press Delete to reset it back to the default sequence.