Changing the appearance of common/cut common time signatures - Dorico Elements - 6.1

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Product
Dorico Elements
Version
6.1
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Webhelp
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fluidtopics

You can show individual common/cut common time signatures with either common/cut common symbols or with a numerator and denominator, such as 2/2 or 4/4.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure
  1. Select the common/cut common time signatures whose appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate Common/Cut common in the Time Signatures group.
Result

The selected time signatures appear with common/cut common symbols when Common/Cut common is activated, and with a numerator and denominator when it is deactivated.

Example
Common time signature symbol
Cut common time signature symbol
Common time signature, appearing as 4/4
Cut common time signature, appearing as 2/2
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