When I open the “official” score layout, it looks like this:
and I can enter new notes.
In my custom layout, it looks like this:
but the cursor doesn’t appear; I can’t write any notes, even though I can copy and paste.
In all other parts it’s possible to write too:
What settings can I adjust so that I can write in my own layout?
What are those blue lines?
Are you in the Page Template Editor?
Why does your score have a yellow background, as if it was a part?
Please switch to Engrave Mode to see your percentage of the page “fullness”. Adjust your Layout to have a larger paper size or smaller systems - so that the percentage is not above 100% and will show in green.
To input music switch to Write Mode and Galley View. You should not have a problem to input the caret there.
You show the condensed Page layout. You cannot add notes to instruments that are condensed.
To add notes you should work in Galley (or Fill) view.
(Also you might want to increase your page size and/or reduce the space size)
The small blue lines are a result of my imprecise screenshot.
I’m in the writing mode:
Because I’ve changed the colour.
Fullness of my layout, where I can not write:
Fullnes of the “official” full score, where I can write:
After setting the paper size to A3, in my layout the same number is still displayed.
Smaller systems cause the fullness to be displayed in green:
but I still can’t write. Furthermore, it destroys my wonderful layout, an almost exact copy of the SCHOTT/1995 score edition, which I absolutely need…
De-condensing is the solution, thank You!
I still regret very much that I can’t write in my condensed layout. It’s nice to be able to see immediately how it will look later while you’re writing.
You can have two windows open on your project, one in Galley view and one in Page view, and switch back and forth.
The reason you can’t write into condensed staves is that their contents are auto-calculated from the individual staves. It’s a little like a formula in Excel – the way to change the output of the formula is to change the inputs.
Dorico is not designed to allow you to write in condensed parts. However, you can change the look of condensed parts in Engrave.
I just set up a shortcut for that!
Interesting. Can You teach me how?
You can open a second window on your project with Window > New Window, or Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T. The two windows have different properties, so they can be in different modes or different views, but they reference the same underlying music, so changes in one are reflected in the other.
Thank you!
Another strange thing happened: after opening the galley view and returning to page view, it is somehow possible to write:
But only in the not-condensed systems. If something doesn’t work and then does after I open and close a different view, that looks very much like a bug to me…
Correct. In Page view you can always write in non-condensed systems, just not in the condensed ones.
I swear: earlier it was impossible in all systems; I tried many systems, because I was a little panicked. And now it has fixed itself.
Daniel, you can try to replicate your older Schott edition - or get pretty close to it.
Your “page fullness indicator” has to be be 100% at the maximum, so Dorico can layout your music. In your case as a first step go to Layout Options and start reducing the values for the inter system gaps.
