Changing figured bass accidental collision avoidance

You can change the default setting for how Dorico Pro resolves collisions between individual figures in multiple rows of figured bass project-wide. For example, in some published music, figured bass accidentals are offset horizontally to avoid increasing the vertical gap between rows.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E to open Engraving Options.
  2. Click Figured Bass in the category list.
  3. In the Vertical Position section, choose one of the following options for Collision avoidance approach:
    • Separate rows vertically

    • Move accidentals

  4. Optional: Click Advanced Options to show further collision avoidance options and change their values as required.
  5. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The figured bass collision avoidance approach is changed project-wide.