"correct" enharmonic for cues

Dorico
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I am writing out a Bari sax part (he band has lost the part score) from a conductor score. The Bari sax shows French Horn 3 cues. The French horn (in F) score is treble clef transposed score if in F (Bb). The notes to be cued are D and C#. On the Bari sax score (treble clef transposed score in G) the cues are shown as E and D#. When is insert the cues into Bari sax score they appear as E and Eb not E and D# as per the original for 3 bars, then after a bar of D and D in the Horn part the Bari sax cue notes revert to the E and D# as per the original (an arrangement of Kalinka by Ray Woodford).
Has anyone any idea why this happened?

To get the E and D# showing I deleted the first few bars of the Horn part and copy - pasted the bars which showed the right enharmonic of cues ! as by magic the cues are now in the right enharmonic.

I will appreciate =any insights as to why this happened.

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I’m not sure to understand exactly what you’re looking for, but normally the cue’s spelling depends on the source instrument’s spelling. In your case, a C# (or F# concert pitch) in the Horn staff should give a D# in the cue. If you get an Eb, that’s probably because the original Horn note is a Db? If so, if you respell it as a C#, you should get your D# in the cue!

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In Engrave mode, you can select a note in a cue and respell it using the usual Alt+-/= shortcuts.

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Thanks - problem solved