Unwanted rogue bars

Dorico
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Hi there, I’m quite new to Dorico and am having trouble trying to delete 2 unwanted pages after the end of a piece both of which have a bar with 1 crotchet rest in it. I have no idea how they got there! I have been unable to delete the bar or the pages or find any thread that references this. Can anyone help please? thank you

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They are probably Empty Flows; check the bottom panel in Setup mode, and delete them there by clicking the trash can.

Jesper

Here Flow2 is empty.

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Hi Jesper, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. That exactly what it looks like. I understand your instructions but am nervous about the flows, I’ve ended up with 3 in this piece, I don’t know how, when I click on flow 1 it moves to the beginning of my piece, when I click on flow 2 it moves to these spare bars, if I click on flow 3 it stays on these 2 spare bars, if I click the trash can for flow 2 or 3 will my piece survive?!!

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Yes, it will. Just don’t click the trash can with Flow1 selected.
You can always save a backup with File->Save as… first to be sure.

Jesper

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Thank you so much Jesper, all sorted!

Best Wishes,

Fiona

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Great to hear.

Jesper

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Anyone who is nervous about following any unfamiliar advice from this forum should realize they can always try out suggestions on a copy of their original file before deleting the original (or preserving it as a backup) if the suggestion works.

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Hi Derrek,

Thanks for your message.

Could you advise on the best way to make a copy please?

Thank you,

Fiona

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Just duplicate the file in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, whichever you use.

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Great thank you

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Ha ha!!! Absolutely!! It was driving me mad!

Thank you everyone for your help and good humour :slightly_smiling_face:

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I use Save As… and give the new file a slightly different name. For example…

myfile260513.dorico becomes myfile260513a.dorico

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Ok great, thank you