Inputting pickup bars

Dorico
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I searched YouTube for “dorico pickup bar” and, no joke, the search query returned “How to pick up girls in a bar.” :laughing:

Anyway, the instructions in the help file don’t seem to apply, as there is no “Group first bar as pick-up” in the Time Signatures properties group when I click on a time signature:

https://steinberg.help/dorico_pro/v3/en/dorico/topics/notation_reference/notation_reference_time_signatures_pick_up_defining_irregular_bars_as_t.html

The instructions for “Pick-up bars” strangely also don’t explain how to create one:

https://steinberg.help/dorico_pro/v3/en/dorico/topics/notation_reference/notation_reference_time_signatures_pick_up_bars_c.html

I guess we just click to add a bar line and the pickup measure will be created automatically?

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Click on that first link and read the “Note” two paragraphs in.

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And it’s nice to know that women find guys who use Dorico (and vice versa?) attractive. :sunglasses:

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I can just see my next failed attempt:

Me: “Call me Dorico Dude.”

Her: “Dork.”