What is the trick to getting microtonal accidentals to work?

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So I imported a piece via MusicXML and none of the microtonal accidentals made it over. Not to supprising as this piece was from 1991 and finale didn’t have microtones back then I made custom articulations for them.
So I’m trying to add them back, so as I read in the manual, in write mode I open Tonality System switch to Equal temperament 24 Gould Arrows (that is the one I want) and I see them now. I select the note I want changed and then click the flat arrow up I want.
Nothing happens it just switches back to Equal Temperament 12.
What am I missing? It is keyless or atonal key like 99% of my music.
I’m doing this on a gracenote, does that matter?

If it not incorrect form, can I ask a second question on gliss/ports something else that got lost in the conversion.
Is there away to make the text appear under then line instead of allows on top?
I want this:
gliss-finale
Again very old so custom made in finale.
I finally got Dorico to do this:

gliss-dorico
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But want the text on the bottom like I had in finale.
Is there a setting to switch that or some other way to change it?
or do I have to try and make something custom.

Thanks.

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You MUST FIRST add a Key Sig for that microtonal system.

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  1. The “gliss.” text normally will show only if there is enough room for it.
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OK thanks redoing the key signature worked. Not very intuitive, would have never thought temperament and Key signature are linked.

I’m want the text to show so I set to it always show but I want it to display under the line not on top. I find it reads better that way for eighth notes.
Might have to do a hack if there isn’t away the tell it to display below.

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Dorico doesn’t have a way to force the gliss. text to appear below the line rather than above, I’m afraid.