Show flow in stave frame but not in layout

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Ok, I admit this is complicated.

I use empty Pages to write down my lyrics.
Into those lyrics, I want to paste certain Chords and notes.
Fine, I create a new flow and display this flow in a staff frame, that I create on my text page:
BUT: I would like to not show the flow in the rest of the layout.

Is that possible?

Thanks

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If you’re just writing down lyrics, no need to create a flow. Just insert a blank page and add a text frame.

If you do have a flow with notes that you want to omit from a layout, you can do that in Setup mode. Select the layout on the right, and then uncheck the flow boxes at the bottom you don’t want to appear on that layout.

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Thanks Dan.
I do insert a blank page, and put my lyrics into a text frame.
Now I insert a staff frame imto that.
Lets say I want to display 4 bars with a rhythmic figure in the bridge.
For that, I open a new flow and write my 4 bars rhythmic figure. Those 4 bars deisplay in the staff frame on my text page. Super!

Now I would like to NOT display the new flow with those 4 bars in the PDF.

If i untick the flow in the layout, the 4 bars dont display in the text page.

Thanks for the help

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Can’t you just export the PDF with only the pages you want to include?

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If you mean you don’t want the 4-bar flow to be repeated at the end of the layout, after the “main music flow”, then do the following:

  1. In Engrave mode, in the right panel, double-click the Default page template to edit it.
  2. Click the flow frame selector in the music frame’s top left corner.
  3. Amend the included flows to exclude your 4-bar flow (and any other flows that you want to show in specific frames only, and don’t want Dorico to add automatically
  4. Click Apply, then Close.

Now your 4-bar flow isn’t in the main frame chain, Dorico won’t show it automatically, but you can still make it appear on specific pages – either as local page overrides, or by adding it to custom page templates, for example.