I’m trying to flip the accidentals here WITHOUT changing the pitch. In this case flipping all the # accidentals to flats.
From the Manual:
I have selected this passage, pressed the “-” key, but …
Before:
After (it flips the accidental, but changes the pitch):
Your only hitch will then be to restore the notes with no sharp or flat, like the B and C, but overall you will have saved a lot of work over doing everything manually.
OK. flip/respell, sorry. Yes. That works. Thanks.
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Of course. Thx.
Note that Dorico allows triple sharps and triple flats, although I don’t recall ever seeing these in published music.
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Good to know. (I guess.) That’s kind of in the realm of “why bother.”
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Triple sharps and flats are rare, but they’re not unheard of. Allow me to share a link to Prof. Donald Byrd’s “Extremes of Conventional Music Notation” site, which collects together some of the real edge cases that come up in the repertoire, and which those of us who are trying to decide where the boundaries of what should be supported by our music representations and our applications have to consider.
Daniel - Thanks for this. And I’ve often thought about how folks in your position decide, as Bob Seger once said, “what to leave in, what to leave out.” I don’t envy you.
I haven’t the attached piece, but I am curious as to what the theoretical justification might be for calling an Ab F###.
Also, FYI, some of the links in the piece don’t work. I did Google “Gallery Of Interesting Music Notation” and found this link:
I’ve also seen circular scores. Can Dorico do that? (And no, I’m not suggesting that you implement that feature!)
Cheers!
I’d rewrite that in Bb minor🙃
Especially if doubling the passage on Clarinet. 
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