Number of bars in first flow resets when opening a template

Dorico
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I have a handbell score template with three flows. The first two specify the handbells used and handchimes used, respectively called the “BUC” and “CUC”; the third is the actual playing score. I’ve edited my template so that the BUC and CUC have two bars (one for treble, one for bass), and have saved it as a project template, preserving flows and project information.

However, when I open it, Dorico resets the BUC from its saved two to 32 bars. I understand that Dorico configures a new document so the first flow is 32 bars, but I don’t think it should do this when I’m starting from one of my project templates.

Is there a way to have my project template open with the saved number of bars? Or is this something that should be changed?

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Which way do you create your new project from the template? Have you tried File > New from Project Template?

If you do it from the “Choose a Template” section of the hub, I think these settings on the right

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..take precedence over the template’s ones.

From the File Menu, your new project should replicate exactly your template as you saved it.

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Well… how strange! The new score comes up as expected/saved when I use File->New from Project Template, but the first flow is expanded to 32 bars when I open it from the Hub.

Any thoughts?

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And I tried using the settings on the right from the Hub, but my template still opened with 32 bars in the first flow.

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That’s what I was trying to explain!

To make sure there won’t be any override (Fonts, number of bars, key signature, rastral size etc.), you need to open the template from the File Menu.

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This, I’m not sure why.

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When you created the template did you check the box to preserve existing flows?

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I was assuming @Larry_Sue did check this box, that’s why I didn’t ask