Table of Contents
Page formatting
The formatting of pages in Dorico Pro is determined by a number of factors, including the layout’s staff size, page margins, the page template applied to them, any casting off values applied to them, system and frame breaks, and frame padding.
Condensing
Condensing is the process of showing the music for multiple players on fewer staves than normal, usually by allowing multiple instruments of the same type to share a staff, such as Flutes 1-2 or Horns 1-4. In Dorico Pro, this is an automatic process that allows you to show condensed staves in some layouts, such as full score layouts, and uncondensed staves in others, such as the part layouts.
Player labels
Player labels identify the players to which notes on condensed staves belong. They are usually used to indicate a change in how music is condensed, such as going from having different parts to playing in unison or from all players having separate stems to some players sharing a stem.
Changing the default to/unison indications
You can change the default term used for the to indication for condensing player labels and the unison indication for both divisi change and player labels; for example, if you want to show tutti for unison indications.

Changing the default to/unison indications

You can change the default term used for the “to” indication for condensing player labels and the unison indication for both divisi change and player labels; for example, if you want to show “tutti” for unison indications.

By default, the “to” indication is “a” and the unison indication is “unis.”. Both indications use the Player Labels paragraph style.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E to open Engraving Options.
In the category list, click Condensing.
In the Player Labels section, enter the text you want in the following fields, individually or together:
- Text for "to" indication
- Text for unison indication for section players
Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The “to” and/or unison indications are changed in all divisi change and player labels project-wide.