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Is Dorico 3.5.1. ready for large opera scores?

If they only need to appear in the score then Shift-X text will work fine. Consider that when you copy and paste/alt-click/repeat a Shift-X item it will retain its properties even if you edit its actual content. Typically my use case for this is the reverse: I have “V.S.” text that goes in the parts at tight page turns, but having set one instance to hide in the score I can Alt-click it around in any layout and know that it won’t appear in the score. If I then decide I want instead to show e.g.…