I am new to Dorico but when I open Create and choose any of the options (Orchestra, Band, Jazz Band) I fill out the options and a score will come up but the staves never contain instrument names, which makes it crazy hard to remember especially in an Orchestral Score. Am I doing something wrong. I am coming from Finale background and never came across this problem. Any help is truly appreciated.
If a score does not show instrument names, open Layout Options, make sure that the Full score layout is selected in the RH Layouts list, click on Staves and Systems in the LH Category list and, in the Staff Labels section, set Staff labels on first system and Staff labels on subsequent systems to the appearance you want. Don’t forget to click Apply before you click Close.
It has to be said that the “Factory state” is to show staff labels; so if that’s not happening in a new document, you must have saved default Layout Options with them turned off.
If that’s not the case; something else must be going on, and we’ll need to see a screenshot, or an uploaded sample document.