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Write mode
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.
Notations input
You can input many types of notations, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes and music. In Dorico Pro, notation is a broad term that includes many different items, including articulations, slurs, dynamics, and more.
Inputting text items
You can input text at specific rhythmic positions in the score using text items. You can input staff-attached text for single staves or input system-attached text that applies to all staves and appears in all applicable layouts.
Editing text in text items
You can edit the text shown in text items; for example, to replace individual words or to change their formatting.

Editing text in text items

You can edit the text shown in text items; for example, to replace individual words or to change their formatting.

Procedure

Open the text editor for an existing text item in any of the following ways:
- Select the text item and press Return.
- Double-click the text item.
Edit the text in the text item.

For example, you can format the text using the text editor options.

Note
If you override the paragraph style of text in an individual text item or text frame, such as by making text bold, any changes you later make to corresponding parameters of the paragraph style are not applied to the overridden text. However, font size overrides are combined with the font size in the paragraph style.
Press Esc or Ctrl/Cmd-Return to close the text editor.