User manual

Bar number changes
Bar numbers follow a continuous sequence, with each bar having a unique bar number that
continues from the previous bar number. However, you can make manual changes to the bar
number sequence, including changing to a subordinate sequence.
In Dorico SE, you can make the following types of changes to bar number sequences using the
Insert Bar Number Change dialog:
Primary
Adds a change to the main bar number sequence, which the bars in your project follow
in a continuous sequence in each ow separately by default.
Subordinate
Adds a secondary bar number sequence that uses letters rather than numbers to
indicate the sequence. This can be useful in situations where a new version of a piece
has been created with more bars inserted, but the original bar numbers are required.
Don’t Include
Excludes the selected bar from the current bar number sequence. If bar numbers are
shown every bar, no bar number is shown in bars in which you have chosen Don’t
Include.
Continue Primary
Returns the bar number sequence to the Primary sequence without counting
intervening bars, for example, after a section of bars following the Subordinate bar
number sequence.
RELATED LINKS
Subordinate bar numbers on page 508
Adding bar number changes
You can manually add bar number changes to bar number sequences, for example, if you want
bar numbers in the second ow in your project to appear to continue the sequence from the rst
ow, rather than start again from bar one.
PROCEDURE
1. Select one of the following:
● An item in the bar from the beginning of which you want to change the bar number
sequence.
● An existing bar number or barline from which you want to change the bar number
sequence.
2. Choose Edit > Bar Numbers > Add Bar Number Change to open the Insert Bar Number
Change dialog. You can also choose this option from the context menu.
3. Choose one of the following options for Type:
●
Primary
●
Subordinate
●
Don’t Include
●
Continue Primary
4. Optional: If you chose Primary or Subordinate, change the bar number where you want the
bar number sequence change to start by changing the value in the corresponding value
eld.
5. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
Bar numbers
Bar number changes
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Dorico SE 3.1.10