There is a tie that joins two notes on the bottom staff across the barline between bars 14 and 15. In these steps you will input that tie.
Procedure
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If chord input is not already active, press Q to start chord input.
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Press D to input a half note D♭.
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Ta-dah! The half note D♭ automatically appears as two tied quarter notes.
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Press Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to transpose it up an octave.
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Press - to select a flat accidental, then F to input an F♭.
Result
You have input a half note (minim) that is displayed as two tied quarter notes (crotchets). Dorico treats it as a single note, meaning if you click either notehead, both are selected.
In Dorico, in most cases you don’t need to input ties: simply select the total duration of the note, and Dorico splits it up into tied notes as appropriate for the time signature and its position in the bar. This applies to beam grouping as well as note grouping. If you do need to tie notes together manually, the key command is T; to remove ties, the key command is U.
In Write mode, you can only select whole tie chains because Dorico considers each tie chain to be a single note. However, you can still input notations, such as dynamics, in the middle of tie chains by activating the caret and moving it to the required rhythmic position within the tie chain.
After Completing This Task
You can input the rest of the notes on the bottom staff up to the end of bar 18. We recommend inputting the E at the end of bar 15 as a D♮; you will learn how to respell notes in a later task.