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Comments

Comments allow you to add notes or instructions at precise positions in your project without

affecting the music. They are considered annotations in Dorico Elements, meaning they are not

printed by default.

Comments exist outside of the music, so they do not affect note spacing, vertical spacing, or

casting off. However, you can attach them to specic items and staves in order to show the

precise subject of each comment.

A passage with comments and replies

By default, comments are shown in the music area. They appear as speech bubble symbols as

close as possible to their attached position. Comments that are replies are stacked vertically

below the original comment.

All comments in the current ow are listed in the Comments panel in Write mode. Clicking a

comment, either in the Comments panel or in the music area, automatically moves the view to

bring that rhythmic position into focus.

In addition to its content, each comment identies the following:

● Author of the comment, using either the current user account name or a custom name

On macOS, the user account name uses the long account name; on Windows, it uses the

full name associated with the account. If

Dorico Elements cannot determine your account

name, a dialog appears into which you can add the name and initials you want to use for

comments. You can also change these in Preferences.

● Date the comment was added

● Instrument to which the comment applies

●

Bars to which the comment applies

NOTE

In the music area, only the initials of the author are shown. In the Comments panel, all

information is shown.

You can hide/show comments at any time, and you can choose to include them, alongside other

view options, when printing/exporting layouts.