how do I change one measure's metre without changing following measures?

Daniel, I’m afraid your patience will be tried over the next days, weeks, and months. But, I’m sure you will maintain your professional, helpful demeanor, as always.

I certainly appreciate our past interactions, and I know many others do too.

Hang in there!
Tom

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I see. In this case I’m learning the program by inputting already finished scores, and have run into the dilemma of: I have the music down at the bar numbers they should appear, but need to go back and change a meter as I enter the next part.
The system track/insert tool method seems like it would be most useful when creating material fresh in the moment.

Indeed lots of ways to skin a cat, but each tool does have its own idiosyncratic use.

Thank you!

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

I don’t understand this. Do you mean you have each part in a separate xml file that you are trying to consolidate into a single score?

Having this problem and agree how difficult it is trying to work AROUND Dorico!!

Truly, what gives. I follow the processes for Dorico and it does not work! I may die before I learn this thing. Really!!

How did you add a measure through the system track? I inserted
the stop position so I could change 4/4 to 3/4 but Dorico still changed the mesaure that I “stopped” to 3/4!!!

Can you please give a bit more detail about what you’re exactly trying to achieve? You mentioned two different things in your last post.

I figured it out. Someone in the FB group gave tge simple solution to restate tge 4/4 in the measure after the o e changed to 3/4.

This was suggested in the first reply of the thread:

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The post I saw was saying use insert mode stop position. All I had to do was redtatevthe 4/4. I’ve got it. Thanks.
I keep notes! What a learning curve!

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Just to say, as OP, that was literally a week after I first bought Dorico. Was happy then and am happy now.

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Using “Insert Mode Scopes” makes what you’re trying to do easy. Presumably, if you’re, say, changing one bar to 5/4 in a sea of 4/4 it’s because you want to add something to that bar without affecting the bars that come after it. To do this:

  • Do not enter a new time sig.
  • Activate insert mode (“I”). Then cycle through the different “insert mode scopes” by repeatedly hitting opt/alt-I until you get to the one whose icon looks like this:
    Screenshot 2025-01-27 at 4.24.40 PM
  • Insert whatever additional material you want in the bar in question (e.g., a quarter note rest at the end of the bar)

Dorico will automatically change the time sig of that bar to 5/4 (or whatever amount of time you’ve added to the bar), and change the time sig back to 4/4, without you doing anything else. It’s genius!

Peter

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That is slick! I just now tried it. It will be very useful for me in scoring hymns for my church. With it I can easily add a rest in the measure containing a backward repeat, to provide a brief silence between stanzas.

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