So I have a bar with a dotted half note and then a quarter rest. Cut time. Dorico insists on notating the dotted half note as a half note tied to a quarter. I fiddled around with notation options but I can’t find anything that will change this. (If I change the quarter rest to a note, Dorico changes the half+tie+quarter to dotted half.)
You can choose the “force duration” option during note input mode and it will leave the note value whatever you select as you input the note. Ie- press: force duration (“o”), then “7.” and input your pitch and you should be golden.
…OK, now I see. The problem was that I was trying to change half+tie+quarter to dotted half and that would not happen. I deleted the notes, and then input like you said. Then it works. But changing already existing notation should be possible IMO. In this case not a big deal, but there might be other situations more complicated.
That’s the problem with force duration : you have to re-enter the notes. Once you know it, you just do it directly from scratch, but it is something you have to get used to.
Anyway, I remember that, in another thread some months ago, Daniel said that he might look into how Dorico handles cut time, and allow these dotted half notes, as a preference (as in C). Please Daniel, correct me if I am wrong !