Default Start Template

Most of the time, I begin with the same default template. In Finale, I can set a template as the default document. Then, under the File menu, I select New From Default Document. Is this possible in Dorico as well, or do I have to scroll through my templates folder every time, like I do now?

In the various options dialogs, you can set your preferences as user defaults, and then they will be in effect any time you do File > New.

I’m not sure what you mean by “scroll through my templates folder”, but if you’ve saved a project as a template, then it will show up in the Hub under the Create New tab, and also in File > New From Project Template. You can have multiple template folders, and multiple templates in each folder, so if there’s one that you always want to be easily available you can name the folder and template in such a way that they sort first alphabetically. For example, on Windows I can start a folder or filename with an underscore, and it will appear first in an alphabetical list, which makes it easy to find and select.

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Thank you for your suggestions, but they are all familiar to me and do not address my inquiry. I would like to set one of my document templates as the default template, which can then be accessed with a single key command from the file menu. This menu entry could be labeled “New from Default Template.”
It isn’t a big deal, though. I can program a key command in Keyboard Maestro to select my most used template from the templates folder. I was just wondering if Dorico has this feature.

You can create a script file containing this:

local app=DoApp.DoApp()
app:doCommand([[File.NewFromTemplate?Template=TEMPLATE_NAME]])

…where TEMPLATE_NAME is the name of your template file, minus the “.dorico” extension. Then you can invoke this macro with one click from the Script menu.

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You could always adopt the old-fashioned approach: Open your last document and save as… It will have all the settings you want.

Very impressive! I just set up a key command in Keyboard Maestro, and it works great.
Thanks for all your suggestions! I really appreciate it!
Ultimately, Dorico does not provide the option I am seeking.