Flow duplicate numbering

Hi guys, when I duplicate a flow in setup mode, Dorico automatically appends numbers to the new flow. Is there a way to turn this off, so the new, duplicated flow has the exact same name as the original, without a number attached to it?

There is no built-in global setting to disable this automatic numbering for duplicated flows. However, you can manually rename the duplicated flow to match the original name immediately after duplication. Just right-click the new flow and rename.

That’s what I’ve been doing. I duplicate a lot of flows, so I was hoping I wouldn’t have to manually remove the number every time. Thank you, though :folded_hands:

Hi @Christian_Klikovits, if you are on MacOS, and use Keyboard Maestro, or if you use Stream Deck, you can easily program a macro that duplicates the flow, and deletes the added nr. 1
If you don’t want the flow numbers to appear in your layout you need also to edit the Flow Heading template from Engrave mode, and delete the {@flownumber@} token and the dot and spaces, so that only the {@flowtitle@} token remains:

Assuming that you have set a Dorico Key Command for Duplicate Flow to Option+D,

here a Keyboard maestro macro triggered by Control+Option+Command+D:

And here a Stream Deck macro:

And here the usage with Keyboard Maestro (you need to select the flow that you want to duplicate)…:

…and with Stream Deck (I use the Mobile version from iPhone): just press one button :slight_smile: :

Thank you, Christian. I’m not familiar with keyboard maestro…

I did take out the flow number token, though.