I used Finale for decades and I’m attempting to switch over. I’ve watched several tutorial videos and read a great deal about this software and I really like the feautures. It seems intuitive and simple enough IF you’re inputting everything from scratch. However, going back and making edits and adjustments seems to involve a lot of steps that weren’t necessary in Finale.
Finale had it’s share of quirks and annoyances but if I wanted to change a note value, add slurs, ties, grace notes, etc. most of that could be done with a couple of mouse clicks. One change in Dorico seems to alter other things that I don’t want to change.
Have you found the learning curve to be steep? I’m much more of a musician than I am a tech person. I’d like to hear about your experiences as I’m trying to figure out if Dorico can work well in time, or if I should just stick with what I know and not worry about trying to stay current.
The learning curve does exist, and will be very steep if you don’t accept this is a totally different software. Things can be done easily and fast (most of the time faster) but this needs some learning.
Have you been through the First Steps pdf? It requires a couple of hours of your time but can save weeks of frustration…
Regarding the edits you were trying to do, best thing is describe the problem (posting the project is even better), you’ll get answers in minutes.
I never looked back after switching from Finale in 2024. I started with a course on Udemy which was very helpful, but now the great Jason Loffredo made a series of videos on the transition from Finale to Dorico: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrwTExSuvNY
I watched all his Conquering Finale videos back in the day, and I think his Dorico videos are very helpful as well.
As a Finale user since 1992 and a Dorico user since 2016, I can say that all these things can be done easily in Dorico, also with single keypresses or mouse clicks. As Marc said, try posting some specific examples of things you’d like to do and you’ll get answers here quickly.