Hi there. Thanks, that did the trick! And thank you so much for getting back to me so soon! Very cool.
Typically, yeah, I do look for options that I may not see right away, before, as you say, assuming there’s a bug. So I certainly agree with you. This case, though, is somewhat exceptional, perhaps, and maybe something for you folks to consider. Earlier, when I started the project, I had found Library < Notation Options. Working down the list of options, I saw “Beam Grouping”. And, indeed, that seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. I’m not sure exactly what settings I chose, but that seemed to do the job. Notice that in the first four example measures I sent you, the syncopation in the middle of the measure is notated perfectly. So if I enter an 1/8th note, Dorico automatically changes it to two tied 1/16th notes. It’s only in that one specific case (1/16 note, three 1/8 notes, a 1/16 note) that Dorico didn’t handle the syncopation “correctly”. So then I returned to Library > Notation Options > Beam Grouping to see if there was anything else I could set, but didn’t find anything.Since I thought I was in the right location, I guess I didn’t keep working my way down to Note Grouping. They are very similar sets of options, and I wonder if combining them into “Beam and Note Grouping” might be better.
btw, I still don’t understand why the first four examples I sent worked as expected. They all have similar middle-of-the-measure syncopations. It was only the fifth example that didn’t work. And, boy, I tried various workarounds. e.g., for the problematic 1/8 note, I tried first entering two 1/16 notes, then manually inserting a tie. The moment I inserted the tie, Dorico converted it into an 1/8 note!
I do want to end by saying, overall, how amazing Dorico is. Very polished and easy to use and navigate. And I really appreciate that I got a response so quickly through the Dorico forum. So, overall, I’m a very satisfied user! Thanks. – Michael
