Strange time-signature update / bar behaviour

Dorico
1

Hi there

Has anyone else had issues with bars retaining their original time signature duration after the time signature has been updated?

I have had a few cases where I have a bar in 7/8 for example, then I update it by clicking on the time signature and changing it to 9/8, but there are still only 7 8ths available in the bar.

Insert mode is not engaged when this has happened.
The padlock is not engaged.

Is there a special function that I might accidentally have left on?

It seems a very odd thing for the programme to do, and a function that is not desirable to happen seemingly randomly or too easily. If it is a bi-product of several functions engaged it would be really good to know how to avoid it.

Any help would be very welcome

Thanks

Rob

2

The problem is that you haven’t engaged Insert mode: when you add a time signature, if Insert mode is switched on, then Dorico will make sure that you have a complete bar before the next time signature change. So if you have a 7/8 time signature, and in the next bar you already have e.g. a 3/4 time signature, when you change 7/8 to 9/8, the 7/8 bar will stay the same length unless Insert mode is switched on.