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Dorico Pro 3.1.10

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First steps
This chapter helps you to get started with Dorico Pro.
Getting around
The following sections give you an overview of the user interface and introduce you to how Dorico Pro is structured.

New features
Introduction
First steps
This chapter helps you to get started with Dorico Pro.
- Getting around
  The following sections give you an overview of the user interface and introduce you to how Dorico Pro is structured.
  - Opening a template
    Before you start your own project, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the user interface of Dorico Pro. To prepare for this, open one of the templates that are provided with the program.
  - Quick tour of the user interface
    The user interface of Dorico Pro consists of different modes that represent different phases in the workflow of preparing a score.
  - Functions of the modes
    Each mode represents a different phase in the workflow of preparing scores and parts, so contain different toolboxes, panels, and functionality from each other.
  - Hiding/Showing panels
    You can hide/show individual or multiple panels. This is useful if you want to see more of the music area, for example.
  - Working with tabs and windows
    Dorico Pro enables you to set up your workspace according to your working style.
- Starting a new project
  After getting a first impression of the Dorico Pro user interface, you can get started with inputting your own music. In this section, you learn how to set up a new project.
- Writing music
  Once you have set up your project, you can start writing music.
Dorico concepts
Dorico is based on a number of key concepts that come from its design philosophy.
User interface
The user interface of Dorico Pro is designed to be as unobtrusive as possible while keeping all of the important tools at your fingertips.
Project and file handling
In addition to opening and importing/exporting projects and other file formats, project and file handling also includes auto-save and project backups.
Setup mode
Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts.
Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Engrave mode
Engrave mode allows you to manipulate and modify every item in your project, but without deleting them, moving them rhythmically, or changing the pitch of notes. You can also determine how the pages in each layout of your project are formatted for printing or exporting.
Page formatting
The formatting of pages in Dorico Pro is determined by a number of factors, including the layout’s staff size, page margins, the master page applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.
Play mode
Play mode allows you to change how your music sounds in playback, including by changing the playback template and assigning VST instruments, inputting automation, adjusting the mix, and changing the sounding duration of notes in playback without affecting their notated duration.
Print mode
Print mode allows you to print your layouts or to export them as graphics files, such as PDF and SVG.
Notation reference
Glossary

Getting around

The following sections give you an overview of the user interface and introduce you to how Dorico Pro is structured.

First steps Opening a template

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