It would be quite convenient to have a “Revert” option in the File menu.
Revert closes the current project without saving, and reopens it as per the last saved version.
Surprisingly useful when one’s made some experiments or other changes to a project, which then need to be discarded.
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Doesn’t close and ‘don’t save changes’ do this?
Also didn’t I see a video with an undo list now to go back to wherever you want?
Close and don’t save changes is half of “Revert”. Revert also then reopens the document.
However, in some setups (such as mine) closing the last project closes Dorico as well. And usually I’m only working on 1 project at a time so if I do want to revert the current project there is no simple way of doing this.
You’re right about the undo history, I think I also noticed that this was added. But undo is usually less reliable and potentially more buggy than reopening the previously saved instance of a project. It’s not quite as safe as reopening the same project if things go wrong.
A “Revert” feature is fairly standard in the File menu of a lot of software these days. Adobe InDesign has had it since for ever, and I use it a lot there.
It would be particularly useful on the iPad, where the file is saved automatically, rather than at the user’s request.
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I’d like to see a revert function supported. Of course, auto saved versions of your project are thrown into the bin, not overwritten, so it’s always a good place to go searching in an emergency. An ‘in Dorico’ interface presenting your session’s autosave would be nice.
I’ve recently started using Duplicate Flow when starting a conjectural sketch.
I’m just learning Dorico and I’m shocked that there is no Revert function. It is literally the only program I’ve ever used without one, and is vital, especially since Dorico’s Undo function sometimes doesn’t work. Unimpressed with the program thus far.
Welcome to the forum, @agerle
While I agree that Revert would be nice; it’s really just a shortcut for close without saving and reopen, which are relatively easy steps, so there’s no loss of function, at least.
Can you tell us what else you’re unhappy with; just to make sure that you haven’t missed a trick? (Perhaps start a new thread.)
Thanks for the quick reply – I’m having a ton of trouble with staff spacing. I’ve ended up with staves on top of each other a lot, for reasons unknown to me, and then I have found no way to restore the original layout and start again. I have to manually move every staff that is on top of others, something I really hoped was behind me after leaving Finale… I’m going to spend today looking for helpful videos. I also really miss just being able to drag a system from one page onto another; control-clicking multiple times and selecting Make into Frame is quite cumbersome, and I’ve had the problem with trying to undo those by erasing the Frame Break and then I get 24 systems on a single page.
-Andrew
You can reset the layout in Engrave menu > Format Music Frames > Reset Layout.
You can also press “delete” in Engrave mode on any selected Red Squares to reset them.
You should think of the Staff Spacing adjustments (and the Note Spacing ) in Engrave mode as FINE TUNING – not for wholesale moving systems around.
Start off your Layout by useing the Layout Options > Vertical Spacing settings. For a lot of standard scores, you shouldn’t need much manual adjustment.
You can also change the Note Spacing to give your Layout a tighter or looser overall spacing; and you can also create Note Spacing changes at points in the score.
If you upload a sample score here, then I’m sure someone will show you how to easily create the layout.
Generally, the amount of layout work should be very minimal. I can often create finished scores with maybe a few changes to Layout Options, and may be a couple of Breaks.
As I’ve said elsewhere: work from the General to the Particular; and always try to do less!
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