Changing common time to 4/4 makro in many flows at once

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Changing common time to 4/4 makro in many flows at once - how to?

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You can record a macro while entering a 4/4 time signature, then run the script wherever you want by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R.

Or, you can change the C for a 4/4 in the Music Symbols>Time Signatures. Then it will apply everywhere, in every flow:

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That’s a visual change, rather than a “meaningful” data change. :angry:

Selecting the time sig and pressing Enter brings up the popover, where you can type (or paste 4/4). You could record a script to cover all of that, and then just run it on any selected C sig.

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I don’t think Dorico makes any rhythmical difference between C (not cut C) and 4/4, does it?

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As an migrant from Finale I try to understand the underlying logic/premises for Dorico
I’ve understood that one should look for program, makro solutions to problems instead of correcting one by one

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Dorico’s underlying philosophy is of “From the global to the local”. Set things up in the Options, so that they apply to everything; and make local changes to properties where you want something different.

However, there’s no global switch to turn C into 4/4, so you’ll have to do that one by one; though there are ways of speeding that up with things like scripts.