Is there a method for making footnote that appear in the score and that shows up only in particular parts?
I’m assuming the answer must be yes, because this is something I perceive as needed. For instance, I have a flute fingering diagram and playing instructions for a multi-stop flute sound. Both vertical and horizontal space are crowded where it happens. In fact there will be another footnote for another part in almost the exact same place.
I do want these in the score, and also in the parts they relate to, but of course not in any of the other parts because they’re not applicable.
I have not yet had the opportunity to read about Frames in Dorico, which I anticipate has the answer. Be patient. I’m not looking yet for a detailed help guide on how to do this, just a sense of the general ideal. I’ve got a stack of many, many details I have to tend to on the project I’m working on, many of them for the first time (for me) in Dorico. I’ve got a few unresponded-to (by me) posts on the Forum. I’ll get back to every one of them in due time. I’m having to juggle things, meaning that some issues get put on a shelf until I get back to them.
A specific function for automatic clever footnotes in the way you and I would hope they worked doesn’t exist (yet) but has definitely been requested before. I think your best bet is to attach the footnote as a text item to the actual spot in the score, disable all collision avoidance and position it by hand in Engrave mode, and pray that the layout doesn’t need to change afterwards.
The trouble with using a text frame is that it doesn’t know about the contents of the music. With the exception of Flow Headings, there’s no way to attach a text frame to a specific spot in the score so that it moves with it, so then again it’s wise to only add them when the rest of the engraving is more or less final.
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Your best option is to create a separate page 1 template and apply it to just those parts. Copy the default first page template and add your text box wherever you need it. That way, if you decide to change anything, just change the template and all the parts update automatically.
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I’m following up on this inquiry to get it resolved.
I’m thinking that @hrnbouma probably has the right idea. I’ll make a list of details and will attach them where they’re needed when the score is done. (Like hood ornaments?)
@clancyweeks, I appreciate the advice of making a page 1 template, but I’m new enough to Dorico that I don’t know how that would work. At some point I have to say I’ve done my best with the score I’m working on and move on to another project. Sometimes good enough is good enough.
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Which is why pencil and paper is sometimes the best tool. 