Flow headings

Flow headings allow you to show the titles of flows immediately above their first system automatically. They function like templates, in much the same way as page templates, allowing the same flow heading formatting to be applied to multiple flows in different layouts.

Flow headings exist as part of page template sets. By default, Dorico Elements provides one flow heading in each page template set, which contains tokens to display the flow number and flow title; in a new project, this appears as “1. Flow 1”. This is used automatically for all flow headings.

You can change the tokens included in flow headings; for example, if you want to remove flow numbers and only show flow titles.

Figure 1. A flow heading above the third flow in a part layout

Any changes you make in the Edit Flow Heading dialog are automatically reflected on the pages that use those flow headings. For example, if you delete a token, that token is removed from all flow headings in all layouts that use the same page template set, so long as the pages on which the flow headings appear do not have page template overrides.

Flow headings are automatically inserted inside music frames above the first system of the flow to which they apply, meaning they do not have a fixed vertical position on the page like other frames and follow the music if it moves. They also occupy vertical space within music frames. You can change the margins for the space above and below flow headings.

Note

Changing individual flow headings in layouts is considered a page template override in Dorico Elements. This includes, for example, deleting a token from a flow heading on one page, rather than in the Edit Flow Heading dialog. Pages with page template overrides no longer get updated if you edit the flow heading and are not automatically deleted, even if they are empty because the layout became shorter.

Changing individual flow headings in layouts is considered a page template override in Dorico Elements. This includes, for example, deleting a token from a flow heading. Pages with page template overrides are not automatically deleted, even if they are empty because the layout became shorter.