User manual

Thank you very much for purchasing Dorico Elements.
We are delighted that you have chosen Steinberg's scoring application and hope that you will
enjoy using it for years to come.
Dorico Elements is a next-generation application for producing beautiful sheet music, whether
you are a composer, arranger, music engraver, publisher, instrumentalist, teacher, or student.
Whether you want to print your music or share it in a digital format, Dorico Elements is the most
sophisticated program available.
Like all of Steinberg's products, Dorico Elements has been designed from the ground up by a
team of musicians who understand your needs and who are dedicated to producing a tool that is
both easy to learn and use, but also capable of results of the highest quality. Dorico Elements
also integrates with your existing workow and can import and export les in a variety of
formats.
Dorico Elements thinks about music the same way a human musician does and has a deeper
understanding of the elements of music and musical performance than other scoring
applications. Its unique design allows an unprecedented degree of exibility, in music input and
editing, in score layout, in rhythmic freedom, and many other areas besides.
Most sincerely yours,
Your Steinberg Dorico Elements Team
Platform-Independent Documentation
The documentation applies to the operating systems Windows and macOS.
Features and settings that are specic to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other
cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and macOS.
Some points to consider:
● The screenshots are taken from Windows.
● Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows can be found in the
program name menu on macOS.
Usage of musical terms
This documentation uses American terminology for musical items throughout the
documentation.
The following table lists all the notes and notations that have different names in American and
British English:
Introduction
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