Hiding/Showing voice colors - Dorico Elements - 6.1

Dorico Elements Help

Product
Dorico Elements
Version
6.1
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en-US
Document type
Webhelp
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You can show notes in different colors according to their voice; for example, to check which notes are in which voice. When voice colors are hidden, all notes appear black by default.

Voice colors are considered annotations and are not printed by default.

Note

You cannot show colors for voices and notes out of range simultaneously.

Procedure
Do one of the following:
  • To show voice colors, choose Viewand thenNote And Rest Colorsand thenVoice Colors.

  • To hide voice colors, choose Viewand thenNote And Rest Colorsand thenNone.

Result

Voice colors are hidden/shown. The first eight voices on each staff use the colors set in Preferencesand thenColorsand thenVoice Colors. Voice colors are automatically assigned to subsequent voices.

Tip
  • You can also identify voices by selecting individual notes and looking at the display in the status bar.

  • You can change the default configuration of view options for all future projects in the View Options dialog.

Example
Voice colors shown
After Completing This Task

If showing voice colors reveals some notes are not in the voice you want, you can change their voice.