I am using Dorico for Ipad. When I try to change the key signature it changes on all tracks. How do I change it on just one of the tracks?
Hold down the alt/option key when pressing return in the popover.
Or when clicking it in from the panel.
Jesper
Unfortunately this isn’t possible in Dorico for iPad.
Damn, missed the iPad part again.
Jesper
You may be correct Lillie, but the help file that goes with the iPad version says it is possible.
Tap the icon in the upper-right corner, then Dorico Help at the bottom of the list. That brings up a document titled Dorico for iPad 1.1.0 Search for Key Signature and tap the 2nd item titled Key Signatures. The 4th paragraph states:
“By default, key signatures apply to all staves. However, there are certain situations, such as in polytonal music, where some parts require their own key signature, independently of the rest of the ensemble. You can input key signatures that apply to all staves or only apply to single staves in Dorico for iPad.”
That is pretty clear! It just does not say HOW to do it.
I hope you will forgive us, Tom, but there is the occasional inaccuracy in the Dorico for iPad operation manual, or at least some areas where some further information is required. In this case, it’s inaccurate given the current state of things, because the expected Alt+Return (with a hardware keyboard) to confirm the popover does not work on iPad. We are thinking about how best to enable you to create local key signatures etc. and it will make its way into the app in due course. Sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.
Thanks for sharing that, Tom. Obviously I’m very familiar with the document, as its author - I’ll make a note to comb over it again and mark up this paragraph as required. I have already updated the relevant task to make sure the last step is accurate, and thought I had found other references to such functionality elsewhere but it seems not. So yes thanks for pointing that out, it will be corrected asap.
Out of curiosity, I just checked to see if using an attached keyboard helped, but no, we will have to wait for that. I am, nevertheless, impressed with what has been ported to the iPad already.
(My biggest hassle is that, although Apple uses CMD instead of CTRL, the CTRL key on their keyboard is located the same place the CTRL key on Windows is, and the OPT key is not where the ALT is for Windows, which catches my finger-memory off guard constantly. 
But that is not Dorico’s problem.)
Well, that’s too bad, but I understand. Is it possible to change a clef in the iPad version? I could not figure out how to do that either.
I just positioned the caret where I wanted the new clef and used the Clef Tool in the right column to select the new clef. So yes, it is possible.
I also switched to the Popover display on the right and summoned the on-screen QWERTY keyboard display, which let me change the clef again by typing in its popover value.
Can someone explain how to do this on PC? I still can’t select a single key signature without selecting all of the key signatures on all the staves. Pressing alt + enter brought up a menu that doesn’t seem helpful and I don’t know how to close.
To change a key signature on one staff only:
- Select the note or rest at the start of the bar for the instrument on which you want to change the key signature.
- Type Shift+K to open the popover.
- Type the appropriate input for the key you want to create. For example, for a major key, type an upper case letter, like F. For a minor key, type a lower case letter like d. If you need to specify a sharp, use #; for a flat, use a lower case b.
- When you have typed the appropriate letters for the key you want to create, hold the Alt key on your keyboard, then hit Return.
This will confirm the popover, and create the key signature you want on just the staff on which you made the selection.
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Okay I understand now, thanks!
How do I close the inspector menu thing? It came up when I pressed Alt + Return and won’t go away when I do the same. It even stays open after I close and reopen Dorico.
If you mean the bottom area with options, that’s called the Properties panel. It’s in the lower zone. You can hide/show zones as per here (basically Ctrl/Cmd-8 is the key command for the lower zone).
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Thanks!
Just wanted to point out, that you can not select more than one staff and change it’s “local” key signature with pressing Alt+Return
Maybe not, but you can select a local key signature and alt-click it onto any number of other instruments. It’s the same amount of effort, just a different order of events.