# How to create numbered systems

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**Category:** Dorico\
**Tags:** dorico-3-5\
**Created:** [June 20, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664 "2021-06-20T12:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![robbertscherpenisse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@robbertscherpenisse](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/robbertscherpenisse)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664/1 "2021-06-20T12:04:17Z")

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Hi There,

can anyone tell me how I can number my systems? I’m trying to make an exercise sheet and I’d like to create a number on each separate exercise on the lefthand side of a system.  
Thanks in advance!  
Kinds regards,  
Robbert

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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664/2 "2021-06-20T13:11:11Z")

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I’m afraid there’s no built-in feature for this, Robert. It’s been asked for before, and hopefully in a future version we can come up with a good automatic way to show flow numbers to the left of systems like this.

In the meantime, you can probably get most of the way there by using a section player and then creating divisi changes that change the staff label at each system break. Coupled with a larger-than-normal size for the **Staff labels** paragraph style you can get reasonably close. Provided you don’t need to change key between each exercise and thus need to use a separate flow for each one, this shouldn’t be too much bother. In the attached project I’ve also set the instrument’s name to be empty using the **Edit Instrument Name** dialog, and told Dorico not to show divisi section labels above the staff in Layout Options.

[systems-numbered.dorico](https://forums.steinberg.net/uploads/short-url/19pSQuytHBZdqp9xXdA0Bih5mz7.dorico) (212.0 KB)

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**Author:** ![dan\_kreider](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dan_kreider/32/254871_2.png) [@dan\_kreider](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dan_kreider)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664/3 "2021-06-20T13:15:34Z")

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The way I do it is to number the beginning of each flow, either using a rehearsal mark or text. Then I grab them all and move them into position.

Or make it one flow, and use the coda feature, and hide the coda sign.

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**Author:** ![robbertscherpenisse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@robbertscherpenisse](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/robbertscherpenisse)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664/4 "2021-06-20T13:15:59Z")

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Thank you for your reply! I’ll try to work my way through it like that and see if the results are what i’m looking for. Thanks once again!

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**Author:** ![FredGUnn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/fredgunn/32/92088_2.png) [@FredGUnn](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/FredGUnn)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-create-numbered-systems/725664/5 "2021-06-20T14:07:39Z")

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I do it the same way Dan described. Use hidden Codas to hide cautionary key sigs (which aren’t necessary for an exercise clearly following a pattern), then select all the rehearsal marks at once and position them.

 ![number](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/8/9/89e1ee5be9c40df433d3fa8cd408251d96b8b663.jpeg)