Hi all, new user here. I’m probably going to go ahead and purchase the full version with the offer from Coda/Steinberg, but for now, I’m on the 60-day trial and just getting familiar. Is there a space in this forum for dumb questions from finale users? :smiley: I’m currently trying to figure out …

OK, Lots of issues here: You’ve got chord symbols on the piano part, which is interfering with the hiding, I think. I’ve changed the Layout Options to show Chords only above the top staff. I removed all the Page Breaks and Staff adjustment. I changed the distance between systems to 8, and the No…

I started with Finale 1.0. Ben knows whereof he speaks! I hated doing parts in both Finale and Sibelius. In Dorico I barely spend any time on them by basically following Ben’s suggestions. Try to forget how it was done in Finale and trust Dorico to (mostly) do the right thing from the start. **Le…

[image] leigh_d: I hated doing parts in both Finale and Sibelius. In Dorico I barely spend any time on them by basically following Ben’s suggestions. I second that! As a long-time Finale user before switching to Dorico two years ago, I continue to be amazed at how much more efficient part-lay…

[image] judddanby: I have no especially remarkable skills like many of the members here do; it’s mostly just Dorico “doing its thing.” Same for me.

Yes, i found the same, that’s the strange behavior I didn’t like :smiley:

Ok, thanks for all that Ben! Very helpful. It’ll be a slow process of discovering that I can actually control most of this with global settings rather than individual adjustment as my finale instincts lead me to. (honestly I can’t wait to forget those and spend less time adjusting the minutiae of…

I think you might find the process faster than you imagine. Dorico’s consistency is everyone’s best friend. **Leigh

Hi all, your patience with me is literally amazing. Thanks to all of you for your time and expertise helping out a complete stranger. I do have another set of questions this morning, if I can be indulged even further: In Finale I would use the option+i+i/u keys to get thick underlines in the ha…

Two things: first, I would not put the lyrics in Upstem Voice 1. I understand why you did, but you’ll get better results if lyrics are all in the same voice. Select all the red lyrics, and right-click>Voices>Change Voice>Upstem Voice 1 I would also change the 8th note pickup to be voice 1 as well. …

New guy here, probably will move over from Finale

Dorico

gdgross September 15, 2024, 5:19am 39

ok, found this workaround re: the slash sizes:

Works great for the diminished and augmented question too!