Changing your preferred unit of measurement

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
5.1
Language
English
Document type
Webhelp
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fluidtopics

You can change your default preferred unit of measurement to be used throughout Dorico Pro for options that use absolute measurements, such as the size of page margins in Layout Options. It does not affect options that are relative to the size of staves, such as options in Engraving Options or Notation Options.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-, to open Preferences.
  2. In the category list, click General.
  3. In the General section, select one of the following options from the Preferred unit of measurement menu:
    • Points (pt)

    • Millimeters (mm)

    • Inches (in)

    • Centimeters (cm)

  4. Click Apply, then Close.