"Force duration' is not working

Del_Gesu,

Force Durations and Ties have to be done in a certain way to achieve desired results. If you wish to have Dorico respect the forced durations, make sure all forced-duration notes you desire to be tied are selected before invoking the tie, or, alternatively, hit T after each forced duration note is entered. If you combine forced duration notes with non-forced duration notes or tie several notes sequentially one at a time, Dorico may re-write note values to align with it’s knowledge and/or parameters set by the user regarding beaming, time signatures, etc. It sounds confusing, but the foolproof way is:

  1. Select all notes you wish to tie, then hit T.
    or
  2. Re-write all notes of a tie with forced duration on and tie as you go, hitting T after each note entry.

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