Octave selection during note input

Dorico SE automatically selects octaves during note input, but you can override this and select octaves manually.

During note input, Dorico SE automatically selects notes with the smallest interval away from the previously input note. For example, if you input an F and then press A, an A is input a third above the F, rather than a sixth below.

You can override this automatic octave selection in the following ways:

To input a note above the previously input note, press Shift-Alt/Opt as well as the letter for the note; for example, Shift-Alt/Opt-A.
To input a note below the previously input note, press Ctrl-Alt (Windows) or Ctrl (macOS) as well as the letter for the note; for example, Ctrl-Alt-A (Windows) or Ctrl-A (macOS).

Octave selection when inputting chords

During chord input, Dorico SE automatically inputs notes above the highest note at the caret position. For example, if you press A then E then A, a chord of A-E-A is input at the caret position.

You can input notes below the lowest note at the caret position instead by pressing Ctrl-Alt (Windows) or Ctrl (macOS) as well as the letter for the note name; for example, Ctrl-Alt-A (Windows) or Ctrl-A (macOS).