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The dialog shows all lyrics in the same lyric line as the selected lyric and allows you to edit the
lyrics, such as xing misspellings, adding commas, or changing where in a word the hyphen is
placed. If you selected multiple lyrics to open the dialog, Dorico Elements populates the dialog
with the lyric line of the earliest lyric on the highest staff you selected.
The Edit Lyrics dialog comprises the following:
1 Text editor
Allows you to edit all the lyrics in the selected lyric line in the current ow, with hyphens and
spaces as appropriate. For example, you can add a comma after the nal syllable in a line for
a poem setting or replace a hyphen with a space.
NOTE
You cannot add, delete, or change the duration/rhythmic position of lyrics, such as the
number of notes to which each lyric applies.
2 Zoom controls
Allow you to increase/decrease the size of text in the dialog.
3 Current number of lyrics
Displays the number of lyrics currently shown in the text editor and the target number of
lyrics in the lyric line. The target number is the number of lyrics that already exists in the
selected lyric line in the
ow.
The current number of lyrics updates automatically as you work in the dialog. Dorico
Elements requires the current number and target number of lyrics to match before you
can conrm the dialog.
4
OK button
Allows you to conrm your changes and close the dialog. You can only conrm the dialog
when the current number and target number of lyrics match.
NOTE
Any properties you had previously set on any lyrics in the line, such as making them italic, are
reset when you conrm the dialog.
Lyrics
Lyric text editing
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12