I just recently purchased to German version of Dorico and am regretting it already.
I can’t find the tool for tremolos, text, lyrics etc. on the right hand side of the screen because the resolution is too large. I also cannot change anything in any of the global settings because of the same problem i.e. the button for changing the settings usually at the bottom of the page is not to be found. In short, I cannot use the program at all if this problem is not solvable. After reading about this problem in the forum I tried to set the resolution to 100% before starting up Dorico but the program refused to budge from 150%.
Can I download the English version? I’m at my wits end.
P.S. Two attachments enclosed.
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You don’t need to download the English version: it’s the same as the version you’ve already downloaded. If you go to Preferences and set the language to English, you should find that you can grab the edge of the Preferences dialog and resize it to make it less tall, then drag it such that you can fit the Apply button within the viewable region of the window and click it, then restart Dorico.
Thank you once again. However the trick as I found out is to reduce the size from above.
Another plus is that the English Help pages our much better than the German.
Another plus is that the English Help pages our much better than the German
in this case i must waiting much longer to update Dorico V1 to 2
I’m using the English version and every once in a while the Dorico window is bigger than my computer screen. It’s a medium-sized laptop: 1366x768 screen.
Today I started a new project. Starting with the Project Info screen I can’t see the bottom to hit “Apply” or whatever closes the window. I can slide the window up a tiny bit by dragging the mouse, grabbing the top bar of the window, and can almost see the buttons down there. When I let go of the bar, the window drops down, snapping so the top of window is at top of screen.
Finally got out of it by pressing ESC key.
Update: I was able to click on “Apply” after using Windows Setup to move the task bar to the top of my screen. Then I moved it back to bottom, and did some other things (wish I could recall the sequence), and now it’s working ok. Maybe the problem is on my end with Windows. This one is hard to replicate.
I have looked all over and I can’t find a preferences button. I too have unfortunately downloaded the german version. The German term for preference is Präferenz or Bevorzugen but I can’t find them either. Please can you help me? I’m new to Derico and am slowly losing my mind.
The menu entry “Preferences” is called “Programmeinstellungen” in the German localization. You’ll find it in menu “Bearbeiten” on Windows and, as far as I know, in the “Dorico” menu on Mac.
Thank you so much!
Can you help me with another question? I have a german keyboard and the commands in your help videos don’t match up. For example I can’t find a kexstoke for writing a “sharp”. Many articulations are hidden under my “umlaut” keys. I think getting another keyboard would be tthe simplest answer. My queation: should I purchase a “UE” (European Union) keybaord or an “UK” (United Kingdom) Keyboard? They are almost identical, the only difference is with three keys in the mumber pad. They are both in QWERTY format. Purhaps it doesn’t matter? Any other suggestions would be very much appreciated.
The German localization comes with different key bindings optimized for the German keyboard layout. To get an overview, I recommend the German Quick Reference Card. If you prefer English key bindings, a QWERTY keyboard is probably more convenient. Personally, I use Dorico in German and it works pretty well.
The Erste Schritte document might also be a helpful resource of further information.
Thanks once again. You are an angel! I will certainly take a look at the German files,
I feel comfortable using English, because I worked in English for over 30 years with Finale and at my age (I’m 84 years old) learning anything new is a challenge. And Dorico is certainly challenging! Best wishes to you and again - many, many thanks.
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Sorry to bother you again. Do you have a link to the Tutorial: Pecajevec walz? I have downloaded the pdf file but I can’t find the tutorial. It takes you step by step through notating the piece. I think this would be a very good way to learn how to use Dorico. I muss say trying to find information on the Dorico website is very difficult and time consuming. I have spent several hours trying to find this tutorial. I would appreciate any help very much.
That’s no problem at all. 
You can find the “First Steps” documents including the tutorial (“First Steps Guide”) and the corresponding example project files on the following page:
Thanks again, I’ve completed 22 steps today. I can see where Dorico has many advantages - provided you put in the effort in learning how to use it. Some of the features are so ingenious I had to chuckle when learning them. Good day to you, sir!
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Hello Martin, I have completed the tutorials you recomended and am somewhat overwhelmed, to put it mildly!
Two questions:
- can I not change the lyric fonts?
- How do I imput quartertones? I have found some - U+E 280-285 - but I have no idea how to input them.
Thanks in advance for your help
- Lyric fonts are now set in Library > Paragraph Styles. This was changed from Font Styles (I think in Dorico 4) to allow individual formatting of lyric syllables, among other things.
- Just choose a 24-EDO tonality system and insert a key signature in that system. Then you can assign quarter-tone accidentals from the panel.
Any more questions, feel free to ask!
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Thank you, it worked fine.
Finale allows its users two downloads of its progran. For ex: one for a desktop amd one for a laptop. Does Dorico also offer this? I am asking, because my pc has just been repaired. I have downloaded Dorico on my laptop which is slowly running out of space on its hard-drive.
@BerlinTS
You can activate Dorico (with your licence) on up to three machines (in any combination of Windows desktop or laptop, MacOS desktop or laptop) for your personal use.
Just activate your licence with the Steinberg Activation Manager.
Thanks again! Now I have four more questions.
- I have a song with texts in two langauges, Italien and German. I wish to use a sepate font for each language. Is this possible?
- Can I use a dotted quarter or a quarter tied to an eigh-note locally, or must it be one way or the other at all times?
- How do I beam notes to lyics?
- Must tempo markings always be on the top stave or can I move them down (in this case from the voice to the piano part)? Thanks again for your help.