As I progress and get familiar with Dorico, things are going better than expected (largely due to the help topics here and videos). One issue I can’t solve! When I engrave text onto a score (single instrument) and view it in print mode, all looks fine and the text is shown. When I go into print mode (which gives me multimeasure rests), the notes in my text frame are not visible. What am I doing wrong?
You’re going to have to show us more. Either supply the document, or show a screenshot of the screen in Print mode.
That suggests that you’re viewing a part layout, not the score.
In the two examples:
First is the part as generated (score form) where I added the Timpani under the cued notes. When I went to print the part, all other elements were shown except the timpani. It was created by engraving in a text box. Was practicing adding text to various parts of the score independently of notational elements.
The second is the actual part. As you can see the text for Timpani does not show.
I’m still a bit lost. Your screenshots are two different layouts.
Also, those first notes in the trumpet: did you add them using the cue tool?
It really would be helpful if you could share the score.
Is this not actually a complete score, and it’s just one instrument for which you have both a score layout and a part layout? I’m guessing the “cue” isn’t really a cue using Dorico’s Cue tool, but just input. You can make changes that are Local to one layout by switching between Global and Local options in Properties.
If my above assumptions are correct, I’m guessing you changed the cue size locally in the “score” and the text is locally hidden in the part. We’d really need to see the file to be sure though. Dorico’s Cue feature is really quite amazing though! If you haven’t familiarized yourself with it, here’s the link:
Correct! I imported the file from Finale. The original notes that were cued in Finale were full sized, so I just manually reduced the size. I wanted to add the word Timpani for the cue, but also (eventually) some other textural information. It does show on the score part, but not the instrumental part ( as shown)… I can send the whole file if that helps to better see the issue.
I sorta already gave the answer. You most likely reduced the size in Local mode, so it only affected the “score” layout, such that it is with only 1 instrument, rather than the part layout. That’s NOT how Dorico handles Cues, and Dorico’s Cue feature is really amazing! (I’m a 25+ year Finale user who switched about 5 years ago) You really should familiarize yourself with Dorico’s Cue feature as it is way better than any cue features in Finale. It’s live so automatically updates, has lots of options, Dorico can recommend cues, etc. If you had a Timpani staff, and created the cue with Shift+U in the Trumpet, everything would have worked correctly automatically.
I should also clarify. The only real issue is that by printing the trumpet part, I get the multimeasure rests.
Thanks,
Larry
That’s simply a Layout Option, which you can change if you want the “score” layout to show multibar rests:
Thank you so much, that worked! For the future, if writing (and importing a single instrument part), is there a better way to do that other that having a full score that is the part? When I create a new project and click solo, I only see options for guitar, guitar with tablature, lead sheet? Solo organ, and solo piano. Nowhere to create a single instrument.
In Setup mode, right panel, just delete the Score layout.