User manual

Flows
Flows are separate spans of music that are completely independent in musical content, meaning
they can contain completely different players from each other and have different time signatures
and key signatures. A single project can contain any number of
ows.
Depending on the purpose of each project, a ow could be, for example, a single song in an
album, a movement in a sonata or symphony, a number in a stage musical, or a short scale or
sight-reading exercise of only a few bars in length.
Dorico Elements automatically adds a ow to projects once you have added at least one player.
You cannot add ows until you have added at least one player to the project.
When you add a ow in Dorico Elements, the following happens automatically:
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The ow is assigned to all full score and part layouts in the project.
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All players are assigned to the new ow.
By default, all layouts include all ows in the project. If necessary, you can change the layouts to
which ows are assigned and which players are assigned to ows.
IMPORTANT
If you exclude a player from a ow, any notes that you have already input for that player in that
ow are deleted.
RELATED LINKS
Flows panel on page 87
Players on page 94
Layouts on page 124
Tacets on page 389
Players, layouts, and ows on page 93
Importing ows on page 59
Exporting ows on page 61
Flow headings on page 364
Adding ows
You can add any number of new ows to your project.
PREREQUISITE
You have added at least one player to the project.
PROCEDURE
1.
In the Flows panel, click Add Flow .
2.
Optional: Repeat for as many ows as you require.
RESULT
A new ow is added to your project each time you click Add Flow. All existing players are
assigned to new
ows, and new ows are automatically assigned to all existing full score and
part layouts.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
You can double-click the ow card to rename the ow. You can also change the players assigned
to the ow and the layouts to which the ow is assigned.
Setup mode
Flows
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12