How to edit a Playing Technique saved in user library

[John_Ruggero]

This post relates to two earlier posts, the most recent being:

Restore default playing techniques from a file

I followed your directions @dspreadbury and thankfully was able to restore the Playing Techniques to original condition. Then I tried again to change a Playing Technique from "above’ to “below” in the way one would expect. However, no matter in what order I: a. un-starred, b. changed from “above” to “below” c. re-starred, the change was never accepted as part of my user library and did not appear in a new file opened after the change was made. (Yet last year I was able to change a couple …

I am creating this new thread to provide information to anyone puzzled by Dorico’s behavior when editing a Playing Technique that has been saved in the user library by “starring”. Daniel provided the solution, but I am presenting it here more narrowly and with its own Topic title.

I. Open and “un-star” the Playing Technique in the Playing Technique editor.
2. The crucial step: Save the Playing Technique, which closes the editor.
3. Now reopen the editor and reedit the Playing Technique, changing the font, position, or category. and perhaps other aspects.
4. Re-star the Playing Technique.
5. Save.

Now the change will be saved to your user library and be reflected in all subsequently created files. If you don’t do the process as listed above, the changes will not be saved in the user library.

If this information is not contained in the Help app, (I couldn’t find it) I suggest that it be added.

[Craig_F]

Great info John. I think Dorico could use a more user friendly interface here.