Could anyone tell me how to roll back to 4.0.2?
Do you have a backup? If so, you could just restore the app.
Is there a problem with the latest build?
Did you see there was a hotfix to 4.0.31 yesterday? It fixed the insert bug if that’s what you need to work around.
Thanks guys. No , it’s something else. I don’t have a backup; hoping for a direct download link.
In Windows it’s easy: uninstall Dorico and reinstall the previous version. (Similarly in Mac, I presume)…
I usually store it, but not this time unfortunately…
I’m Windows 11. I don’t see any place to install previous version…
As I wrote, you must have saved a copy…
The last I have is D4.0.30.1059 & SDA VAE 5.0.20.122
Tell me where I can send it to you…
Dan, you are making me nervous. 
Can you tell, why do you want to go back?
Sorry to be cryptic. I don’t want to make a mountain out of a molehill, it’s just a small thing related to nudging lyrics that has changed slightly in 4.0.3 (Alt-L/R is a larger offset than it used to be, it seems), and that’s what I’m doing 8 hours a day these days, so I want to go back to 4.0.2 for now. It’s a minor thing, probably just me.
Someone sent me a direct link to 4.0.2, so I’m good to go. Thanks all.
1 Like
Have you tried alt-shift-ctrl-right/left? It’s super tiny 
Yes, it’s much too small for most adjustments though.
I find the four nudge increments you get with various key combinations in v.4.0.31 to be unchanged from v.3.5 — 1/32, 1/8, 1/2 and 1 space. I see the 4.0 User Guide now has a whole section on Properties, on one page of which these are listed.
This is a nice discussion, and prompted me to want to know what the nudge options are actually doing. I’m On the Mac, but wonder if it’s the same on Windows; (substituting “control” for “command”), I notice the properties panel shows:
alt-command-right/left moves by “1”
alt-shift-right/left moves by “1/2”
alt-shift-cmnd-right/left moves by “1/32”
So, using 2 of the last combination will get you “1/16”,
and 4x will get “1/8”.
Dan, would creating Stream Deck shortcuts for these make nudging quicker?
I don’t use a Stream Deck for these any more, though I used to use it for that; I’ve mapped these to Q, W, E, and R. Q and R are Cmd-Alt L/R, and W and E are Alt-L/R. Works like a dream.
@Mark_Johnson, I’m afraid that’s not correct. In Dorico 3.5, Alt-L/R moves lyrics by 1/8, and in 4.0.31, it moves by 2/8. I’m not talking about the dialog box, but the actual nudging of the lyrics graphically.
EDIT: darn it, it’s changed to 2/8 in 4.0.2 as well. I guess I was still running 4.0.0 previously. Anyone have a link to 4.0 they could share with me? Edit again: thanks Craig!
Sorry; I had tried it myself in both versions, but nudging Shift-X text rather than lyrics. Now I reproduce what you said: Alt moves lyrics ¼ space instead of ¹⁄₈.
@dspreadbury, could the keyboard command be getting doubled somehow? Or was the increment actually changed?
Another observation: When I Alt-↑/↓ in the Offset X spin box in Properties, the lyric moves ¹⁄₈ space L/R. This could be a workaround, and it could be a clue to the problem.
I’ve tried the new 1/4 nudging for a day, but it’s a no-go for me. It’s just too large of an increment; it’s impossible to place lyrics where I want them. Every adjustment feels like it’s overshooting.
Hi guys, sorry to ask again about this topic. I’m somewhat new to the Dorico system and don’t quite understand how these versions and updates work. How do I best create a backup of a version? Or can I even save a download link? Sorry, I have no idea how this works 
The situation/background (not too important, but if you are interested 
): I currently have Dorico 4 Elements (4.3.31.1134) and I’m thinking about buying Dorico 5 Elements. The problem (to my knowledge as of now) is that the exploding/reducing paste option was removed from V5 Elements. I’m not quite sure about it, but these are the sources I could find:
(current version comparison on steinberg.net)
(a conversation from about seven months ago. I’m not sure of the current status as I’ve read multiple different things.)
Long story short: I’m not sure if something I’d like to use will be missing in that version and want to be on the safe side by being able to roll back (or even switch between the versions back and forth which would be great if possible). Thanks for any help
Explode and Reduce are both avilable in the current version of Dorico Elements 5, so you have nothing to worry about if you update. I have made a note of the error on the web site, and we’ll get that fixed.
1 Like