I want to type in exactly the figuring that I want, not what the program thinks I should want. For instance, when I want simply a 4, it insists on putting in 5-over-4. I work on pre-tonal (17th-century) music, so the chords don’t function in the same way. Furthermore, I’m teaching figured bass, so I want my students to see precisely the figuring that the original source gives. Help!
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Library > Engraving options are a number of options. Are they relevant?
Set the options in Note Input Options for Literal Figured Bass.
However, I’d suggest having a look at exactly what Dorico does and how it creates figured bass.
This is a bit old, but it covers the ground.
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Ah yes, I forgot about that one.
Reference to the manual if anyone is interested:
Thanks. The Literal Figured Bass option is the solution!
Yes, plus a bit further down “Allow diminished intervals”
@paulm5353, please mark @benwiggy’s post (#3) as the Solution 
so it gets bumped up to the top, for the benefit of anyone finding this tread in a search.
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How do I do that?
Looks like it’s already done.