Question about 8th and 8th gear changes

I am new to Dorico. I have always used Finale. I don’t know where to select in Dorico so that the notes with the high and low octave stay in the same range. Does Dorico raise or lower the grades as the graph shows?

Dorico treats 8va signs as a clef. One enters the notes at pitch and then applies the 8va sign & bracket to change how Dorico represents those pitches. The 8va sign does not transpose the pitch.

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OK understood. Thank you so much

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Don’t assume that Dorico will do things in the same way as Finale! It’s really important to watch some of the videos, to get a feel for the way that Dorico works.

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I am new to Dorico and I struggle with the English language.Thanks for the advice.