Frustration with Dorico Note Entry

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I am having trouble getting used the Dorico Note Entry after watching two videos on it and playing with it for an hour.

Attached is a bar in Dorico. I want to replace the eighth note rest with an eighth note. How do I do this, leaving nothing to the imagination. Please give every point, every click (right or left) and every action it takes to replace this darn eighth rest with an eighth note.
Dorico Eight rest to eight note

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Have you learned how to use the caret and note input mode? With it activated it’s pretty easy, just move the caret in position and add an 8th note. Not sure what videos you have watched but this should help:

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Select the rest, double click to initiate note input, press 5 for quaver, left click on it. It’s not rocket science… struggling after watching two videos on this is beyond comprehension.
What method were you trying?

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  1. Select rest*
  2. “Enter” (or shift + N) to enter note entry (caret should appear)
  3. “5” to set eighth duration (not necessary if already set)
  4. Type letter of the pitch, or key on a MIDI keyboard, or left click on the staff at the pitch position.
  • Steps 1 and 2 can be combined by double clicking on the rest.
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Sometimes, I click on the previous note, press “R” to repeat it, then move it with alt-up arrow (or down arrow).

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Even though I’ve been using Dorico for 8 years, the influx of questions is teaching me new ways of doing things.

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This is the way…

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Grogu approves of this method! :smiling_face:

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Just to add a complication. It depends whether you enter your notes using duration before pitch or pitch before duration !!

I do duration first. So my steps are:

  1. double click the rest
  2. press the note I want.

Job done.