Notes to self?

[phase_Shift]

One thing I miss abut Finale is the ability to leave non-printing memos to myself, librarians, and copyists. I apologize if others have already inquired about a sticky note feature; I have found these quite valuable, especially for work in progress.

[dspreadbury]

This is the closest analogue in Dorico:

Comments | New Features in Dorico 3

Comments

[phase_Shift]

Thanks.

[asherber]

Something else you might try:

1. Add a new player to your project; doesn’t matter what instrument you give it
2. Change the player’s name to “README”, or something like that
3. In the Layouts column, uncheck the full score, so that this player doesn’t appear in the score
4. In Engrave mode, select the README layout
5. Right-click on page 1 in the Pages panel and choose “Insert Pages”
6. In the dialog that shows up, insert before page 1 and use template “(None)”

Now you’ve got a blank page at the start of this layout. You can add a text frame to the page and put in whatever notes you want. Just don’t print that layout! Not pretty, but it might be effective for you.

[wing]

I do this all the time using staff text, which I then resize to very large (20pt and beyond) so I can easily spot it when re-opening a project. You can even create a large staff text paragraph style for this reason, and then assign a key command to access that directly. I personally prefer it over the comment feature mainly because it’s highly visible zoomed out (in Galley view which I usually use) – but try both ways and see which you prefer. I love being able to remind myself to fix a small issue which I don’t have time to address at the moment, so I can remain focused on the task at hand but know exactly what I need to fix when I re-visit the project a few weeks later.

For my my notes to self are typically temporary, something I know I want to fix later on, almost like a checklist right on the score so once I address them I typically delete. An example:

Staff text, however, is not non-printing if it’s something you wish to maintain in the score, so that is where the comments feature will likely be preferred. However, you can hide staff text where it will appear within signposts which I do sometimes, i.e.:

[phase_Shift]

Yes, I can certainly use both Dorico comments, and large on-page staff text.

[wing]

Yes, depending on context, both are a good idea!