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PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the lyric you want to change.
NOTE
You can only change one lyric at a time.
2. Press Return or Shift-L to open the lyrics popover.
3. Change the existing text in the lyrics popover.
4. Optional: If you want to change other existing lyrics, advance the popover in one of the
following ways:
To advance the popover to the next note if you entered a complete word, or the nal
syllable in a multi-syllabic word, press Space .
Existing lyrics are automatically selected in the popover when you press Space .
To advance the popover to the next note if you entered one syllable of a multi-syllabic
word, press
- .
To move the cursor one character to the right, press Right Arrow .
To move the cursor one character to the left, press Left Arrow .
The cursor automatically moves to the next/previous lyric/note if you keep pressing the
arrow keys.
5. Press Return or Esc to close the popover when you have nished changing lyrics.
The popover closes automatically when you reach the last note on the staff.
RELATED LINKS
Lyric line numbers on page 627
Inputting lyrics on page 280
Edit Lyrics dialog
The Edit Lyrics dialog allows you to view and edit entire lyric lines in one place and with the text
displayed with consistent spacing. This is more convenient than changing each word/syllable
individually alongside the music, where lyrics can be split up over large horizontal distances.
You can open the Edit Lyrics dialog by making a selection that includes at least a single lyric
and choosing
Edit > Lyrics > Edit Line of Lyrics.
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 SE populates the dialog with the
lyric line of the earliest lyric on the highest staff you selected.
Lyrics
Lyric text editing
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