Changing the line number of lyric lines

[Assaf_M]

Hello, in your help section about the this topic it’s written :

If a lyric line with the same number already exists at the same position on the same side of the staff, the two lines switch. For example, if there is already a Line 1 at the rhythmic position where you want to change Line 2 to Line 1, then the existing Line 1 becomes Line 2 to accommodate your most recent preference. The same applies to chorus lines and lyric line translations.

I wrote an arrangement for a song and for the first couple of steps I used two lines of lyrics. Then I decided that I want to do a little different arrangement for the 2e verse so I did copy paste and I tried to make the second line the first. Since then I’m spending long minutes/hours on editing the line numbers because every time I’m changing one section for line 1, another section cahges for line 2. How can I juste change all lyrics to line 1 ?

Thanks

Assaf

[k_b]

Assaf, you can select the stave (with the music of the singer), filter Lyrics, and then - in the Property Panel at the bottom change the Lyrics line to 1.

[Assaf_M]

Thanks, sadly, it also chages the lyrics before to Line 2, and then when I try to chage it also, what was line 1 becomes again line 2. It does exactly what described in dorico help, the only way I solve it for now is to re-type the lyrics…

[benwiggy]

Can you show some screenshots of what you’re trying to do? I can’t visualise it from the description, except for changing the lyrics from verse 2 to verse 1, which you’ve said isn’t what you want.

[Assaf_M]

so look at this phrase, the “a” (and everything before) is Line 1 and the “li” (and everything after) is Line 2.

Now I’m doing this manipulation :

And the results : the “a” (and everything before) is became Line 2 and the “li” (and everything after) is Line 1.

[k_b]

@Assaf_M

Now I’m doing this manipulation :

Have you tried using the Property Panel (at the bottom)?
Have you tried to Select All and then Filter by All Lyrics?

[Assaf_M]

@k_b

Thanks, with the Property Panel it works I had no idea this is how it calls, sorry…

[k_b]

good, you got it working

[benwiggy]

It’s possibly because you’re in Galley View. Try it in Page View.

[Mark_Johnson]

Assaf, please consider hyphenating lyrics as in the dictionary (lit·tle, rest·less). When you always break at a vowel, the pronunciation can become unreadable. (This is a very old argument that I don’t want to start again, but after seeing these examples I could not resist mentioning it.)