Instant Undo for an error in lyric assignment?

Dorico
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I paste my lyrics from notepad++

So Often :dash:I make mistakes, Typically skipping past a syllable or adding a syllable to a note which shouldn’t get a syllable . E.g. "ar-va non af-fe-rent ci-bum: "

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I notice my mistakes at once but pressing control-Z doesn’t fix it. Nor does moving backwards and forwards with the arrow keys , and of course part of the buffer text in the clipboard has its first syllable consumed. :face_with_head_bandage:

Is there an easy way of correcting this mistake which I’m missing out on.?

Today I have a ‘StreamDeck’ key dedicated to

  1. jumping back into notepad ++,
  2. reloading the buffer and then
  3. re-starting the process of entering syllables.

But is that the best solution?

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I have been doing this manually, but what you are doing is a good idea, I do not know of better way of solving it.

It would be fantastic if the undo actually worked for this, and also put syllables back in the buffer.

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I’m used to cutting the syllable and pasting it on the accurate note with the popover…

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If the grid is set to eighth notes, you can move the lyric with Option-Left.

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Yes: That will fix me most of the time. This is my simple “Scoop Text” macro for StreamDeck

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To use it you:

  1. highlight a section of the libretto in notepad++
  2. switch to Dorico and highlight the note to receive the next syllable
  3. Press the "Scoop Text"button
  4. It will assign the first syllable
  5. Then you continue pressing control-C or space until you done (or make a mistake)

Its handy if you have nearby StreamDeck buttons for ‘Alt-Tab’, and ‘control-C’