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Projects in Dorico

A project is an individual le that you create within Dorico SE. It can contain multiple separate

pieces of music of any duration, written for any combination of instruments, and use as many

layouts as required.

For example, you can create a single project that contains all the preludes and fugues in Bach’s

“The Well-Tempered Clavier” as separate ows. You could then have one layout that contains only

the ows for Book 1 and another layout that contains the ows for Book 2.

In addition to the notated music, projects save other relevant information, such as the playback

template applied.

Dorico projects are saved as .dorico les.

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Flows in Dorico on page 33

Layouts in Dorico on page 36

Modes in Dorico

Modes in Dorico SE represent a logical sequence of the workow phases of preparing music, but

you can switch between them at any time as required for your own workow.

Dorico SE contains the following modes:

Setup

In Setup mode, you can set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments

and the players that hold them, ows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine how

they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to

layouts.

You can view music in the music area and switch between viewing other tabs and

layouts, but you cannot select or interact with anything in the music area in Setup

mode.

Write

In Write mode, you can 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.

By design, you cannot move notes and items graphically on the page in Write mode.

Graphical adjustments are only possible in Engrave mode in Dorico Pro.

Play

In Play mode, you can change how your music sounds in playback. You can do this 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.

In Print mode, you can print your layouts or export them as graphics les. When

printing layouts, you can specify the paper size and other options, such as duplex or

booklet printing. When exporting layouts, you can specify different graphics

le types,

such as PDF or PNG, and the information you want to include in their exported le

names.