Compound meters creating two measures/bars instead of one

Dorico
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I easily created a time signature of 2/4 + 3/16, but it results in a bar of 2/4 followed by a bar of 3/16. I want just a single bar of 2/4 + 3/16.

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Thanks.

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How does 2/4:3/16 work?

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That did it. Thanks. I could not find that answer in the manual.

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Out of interest, can you attach the link that you read?

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Here are different types of time signatures:

Here’s what to write in the time signatures popover to get those types of time signatures into your music:

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I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you mean. What link did I read?

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Cool! Thanks, Lillie.

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I just assumed that you looked at the online manual and was wondering what page you were seeing.

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Hi Ted, to get this from first principles, you need to add an ‘aggregate’ time signature, as covered in Lillie’s links.

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No, I couldn’t find it in the manual. Lillie pointed the way – look at her links.