I work on a project with three instruments. While inputting notes in the write mode I do not hide empty staves, but when working in the engrave mode I do hide them. I adjusted the vertical spacing manually as I want it, then went back to write mode (turning off hide empty staves) to input notes again. When I then hide the empty staves again, the manual vertical spacing adjustments got lost. Is there a way to avoid this?
Use Galley view for your note input (It never hides staves).
(Every time you change the hide option in page view, Dorico will recalculate the whole layout)
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Thank you, that’s indeed a possibility.
I still believe it would be a good thing in an update of the program to have an option like “keep manual vertical adjustments” when changing the hide option in page view. Actually strangely some of the adjustments were kept while others not…
In Galley view, is there an option to only view single flows?
No, it’s like a piano roll covering the whole project. The current flow is shown in the title bar.
Finally I have the impression that it is actually enough to activate the frame lock for the frames that are already manually adjusted, in order to assure that Dorico doesn’t rechange the spacing even after having changed the option “hide staves”.
Can a more experienced Dorico user confirm this?
I would expect hiding staves to only affect the vertical spacing; whereas Locking Frames would only affect the Horizontal Spacing (it just adds System Breaks to every system).
I wouldn’t do ANY manual spacing until all the notes are input. The temptation for new users is to make lots of manual adjustments, and then wonder why it has all gone wrong. It is entirely possible to make a finished score with almost no manual adjustments!
Ideally, seeing the project, or a screenshot of a page in Engrave mode, would be useful to provide advice.
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Okay, I see what you mean. It probably won’t completely be possible for me to do all the note input without any adjusting as I mainly prepare songbooks where in new editions songs might be added to an already existing project, but generally I understand your point and appreciate your advice.