I’m in the process of working my way through the Dorico mindset, trying hard not to think in Sibelius terms. I can already see how Dorico is going to be a very powerful composition and publishing tool.
I do have a question, probably the first of many. I must say I do like the way chords are entered in Dorico, spelling them out. OTOH, I often find myself in the process of creating a melody, and then selecting the set of notes, and building chords over the whole range by adding thirds and fifths. In Sibelius, I’d just press “3” twice, and voila!
It seems that in Dorico, I’d be required to spell out each chord in the figure individually, unless there’s a shortcut I haven’t found yet.
In addition to this, having come from Sibelius where I do miss that intervals are available instantly from a keystroke, I created my own macro which utilizes Shift+I and immediately types in the interval for me. This can be done with Keyboard Maestro on Mac which is what I use, or I believe AutoHotKey on PC.
So now I hit Shift+[relevant numpad for interval]. For your case with a selected note I would just press Shift+3[numpad] and then a second time which will create a third from each subsequent note, building a chord to my heart’s content.
I also have similar macros set up for transposition up/down. I guess I’m lazy but I prefer even less typing than I have to lol.
You can use Q and L in Note Entry. Q triggers “Quord” mode, in which you can add notes to existing ones; and L locks the current duration. So you can play in additional notes, and press Space to move to the next note, when you’re finished.
