One month in w/Dorico after 20+ years w/Finale: SO many functions in Dorico beg for a key command…
I’ve quickly accumulated quite a lot of random KCs. But there’s no method to my madness. I make a new one whenever I’ve clicked on the same obscure menu command one time too many. Alas, I can’t recall it 5 minutes later, so I simultaneously program it in an iPad app to trigger henceforth (Metagrid Pro). - I’ll start a separate post to inquire about that specifically.
If I keep this up, I will soon have a gazillion random key commands.
There must a better way…surely someone has already mastered this, and I can just import their carefully constructed file? - I’ve seen references to .json files? Or is that a Mac thing (I’m on Win 10)?
The fact that we can use multiple keystrokes for shortcuts means you can start to group some of your shortcuts into categories! I made several shortcuts for beaming commands that all start with H + another key. I changed Select All and Select to End of Flow to each be ⌘A followed by another letter. Etc. But I doubt anyone else’s entire set of custom shortcuts would be perfect for you. Just keep working on them.
If you have an iPad, StreamDeck Mobile 2 also works very nicely with Notation Express for Dorico. More info on StreamDeck Mobile 2 is available in the recent news article on the Scoring Notes website.
Thanks all; great suggestions. As a new user, I forgot all about the Jump Bar. I’ll add that to my workflow immediately. Thanks @rubberfingers. I already have a Streamdeck so I’ll look into Notation Express post haste. Thanks @Richard_Einhorn snd @Mike_999. I’ve neglected my Streamdeck as I preferred working (in Cubase) with an iPad app called Metagrid which I just confirmed does not support Dorico in Windows.