When I change the title of a Dorico file, it includes all previous titles

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When I change the title of a Dorico file, it includes all previous titles, so it becomes one long file name. As there are two different choral arrangements of the same piece, it’s just confusing when my eyes leave the score and temporarily note the file name. I got some suggestions of similar problems when I created the topic. I’m a bit overwhelmed by what I read. Is there a quick way to remedy this?

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Erm? No it doesn’t.
Can you detail exactly what steps you taking?

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I’m just going to the file/save as, and changing the name there.

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I do this frequently and the file renames to whatever I choose (just like any other app).

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Hi @Steve_Martin, if you are referring on the text appearing at the top of the dorico windows, this is generated by three elements:

The Save and Save as… will display the Project Title in the name field of your OS the first time that you save (which you can change if you want the file name different from the Project Title):

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Possibly you have something strange in your Project Info dialogue?
Please upload at least a screenshot of what you see that bothers you, or even better a Dorico file which has this issue.

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thanks guys, here we go.

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Please upload the Dorico file, too.

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I’d love to share the dorico file, but the file is about to be published in Australia for choirs. I had to pay for the lyrics to get the copyright, so I’m not really allowed to share the file. However, I’ll see If I can make a duplicate of the file, without the lyrics maybe? Or just delete the music and lyrics together.

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Make a duplicate of your project, select all the music and lyrics and press delete: we need only the Flows (and the Players) and the Project Info.

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ok, here is the file. I just about died, I have found the same problem with the other arrangement of the same piece.

I Love a Sunburnt Country for Two Part Choir S-S or S-A Version A March 3 no music.dorico (1.4 MB)

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I just did file save as… and gave it a name…
new name.dorico (1.4 MB)

I guess you’re getting confused about flow names, project names and file names.

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Wow, Thank you!How did you do that? And also, please don’t be surprised, I’ve only started using dorico by importing xml files from sibelius, so all flows - whatever a flow means, are being set up by default some how.

I’ve just got so much to learn, I’m really struggling with this. I’m googling everything - how to delete a bar, change tempo text, change the size of staff spacing, etc etc. Very relieved we now have ai to help. But some things are sometimes hard to understand.

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I’m just checking out your screen shot now…thanks for doing this for me :slight_smile:

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You might want to start by working through the First Steps Guide.

This section of the manual is also helpful for explaining basic Dorico concepts (like flows).

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Don’t google things - as you will likely get the wrong answer (or an answer that worked for an earlier version of Dorico). And the AI has similar problems.

Please take time to work through the First Steps exercise and watch the many tutorial videos.

And ask questions (however naïve) on this forum.

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(I just updated the first image and the text for more clarity)

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As suggested, the Dorico First Steps Guides is a vey good start. If you are more the visual person, it is also available as video follow-along. (2 videos: Part 1 and Part 2). You find all the links (and many other) in the Dorico Resources page:

Here the direct links to the videos:

Part 1

Part 2

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Thanks everyone!!:waving_hand: :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for the screen shot. I tried to bring up the menu that you have on the bottom of the screen, but no luck. What did you do to open this?

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Ctrl-I opens the project information dialogue

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