Editing percussion legend text

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
4.3
Language
English
Document type
Webhelp
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By default, percussion legends show the instrument names of percussion instruments in five-line staff presentations, stacked vertically. You can change the text shown in percussion legends to show custom text.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

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

Procedure

  1. Select the percussion legends you want to edit. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Custom text in the Percussion Legends group.
  3. Enter the text you want into the value field.
  4. Press Return.

Result

The text shown in the selected percussion legends is changed.