Is it possible that Dorico Elements 5 doesn’t allow pickup measures?

[Christian_R]

Hi @palmer1, besides the useful suggestions above, and reading the Manual, here a post where I made some videos explaining alternative ways to edit/add add a pick-up after the fact, in case it could be useful:

Problem inserting pick-up bar

Hi @Manny_Mendelson I made three little videos to explain different cases for editing the pick-ups. I hope can be of some help. Case A: you have written the full bar with rests -activate insert mode (global adjustment of current bar) -select the rests -press delete [pickup a] Case B: you forgot to write the pick-up and want to add it : -activate insert mode (global adjustment of current bar) -select first note -press enter (to activate the caret) -choose the note value (with the mouse …

@palmer1
I just made a graphic that shows some pick-ups popover for some cases, in case it could be helpful as reference (and to help understand the logic behind it ):