I have had Dorico for iPad for about a week, and just paid the Lifetime Unlock fee; I am by no means a “pro” or “power” user; mostly chord charts and lead sheets.
There seems to be no way for me to enter a text block or frame anywhere on the page; I frequently need to enter an instruction or note of some kind on the score that is not connected to a note or staff.
Please consider adding this to a future version.
Dorico for iPad is similar to the Dorico Elements version. You can use of course System Text and Staff Text. If you attach it to the first or last note of a flow, you might get, what you are after (System/Staff Text can also go below the staves).
You could add further information in flow header or even the project title.
If I may ask, what would be your real life use for your text?
Thanks very much for you reply.
I am a very new user, and still have a LONG way to go, so I’m still figuring out what can be done with text in Dorico.
Basically, I do a lot of charting and lead sheets for people who aren’t the greatest readers in the world, and I like to add notes or annotations to clarify things. But I’ve already investigated several things I wasn’t familiar with when I first put up my post, so it will probably work as it is.
But the text anywhere feature I requested would still be useful. I even considered the possibility of exporting the final version to Mac Pages and adding the text blocks I need there…
You also mention System Text, still have to check out what that is and how to use it…
In any case, thanks again for your help and suggestions.
Staff text (entered with shift-x) shows only on the staff where you attach it. System text is entered by typing alt-shift-x and can then be shown above the top staff of the score and on parts. (In this respect system text behaves in a similar way to chord symbols which I guess you are familiar with.)
George, exactly what I was thinking too.
Dorico, especially the Elements and iPad version is built on flows, containing music - and in a way limited to it (in Dorico Pro for desktop one can add Title pages and create all kind of mixed layouts).
So in your version all text you add would be in some way linked to a musical element.
If you export your finished music to a .pdf for example you can then f.e. in Pages make title pages, or have a layout with extra text blocks, as extra verses and instructions - and in that way get around the limitations of the iPad version.
Or rather like tempo.
Jesper
OK… some good ideas and suggestions here.
Thanks VERY MUCH to all of you for your input.
As mentioned before, I am certainly nowhere near a “pro” user, so there’s no way I can justify paying for the full Mac version, so I’m trying to get what I need out of the iPad version.
I was previously using Finale Songwriter 2010, which was their most basic starter version, and it managed to provide most of the capability I needed.
It’s looking more and more obvious that the iPad Dorico app, as I get to know it better, will work for what I need.
This forum has been a huge help. Thanks, all!