In our documentation, we use typographical and markup elements to structure information.
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In this documentation, terms for interacting with external computer keyboards and touchpads also apply when using the iPad touchscreen.
This documentation uses American terminology for musical items.
In our documentation, we divide information into three different types of topics, according to their content.
The following typographical elements mark the following purposes.
Elements of the user interface are highlighted throughout the documentation.
Dorico is based on a number of key concepts that come from its design philosophy.
The user interface of Dorico for iPad is designed to keep all of the important tools at your fingertips. This chapter introduces you to key aspects of the user interface.
In Dorico for iPad, you can start new, open existing, print, and share projects.
Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, and layouts. You can also determine how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts.
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
There are various ways you can control the layout and formatting of pages in your project, including changing the size of pages and adjusting note spacing.
Read view displays the current layout in a full page view with view options hidden, allowing you to play along with it, for example, on a piano. It supports turning pages in multiple ways.