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Sibelius 2022.5 brings multi-section headers, other workflow boosts

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

Sibelius 2022.5 is out, making it easier to apply a header or footer on a per-section basis, such as a song or movement. Also added is the ability to define or change the content of a wildcard directly in the score.

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Dorico from A to Z

April 21, 2022April 26, 2022

There’s nothing like a good run through the alphabet, from A to Z, and then some. Here’s what pressing each of those 26 letters does in Dorico.

Tips

Sibelius from A to Z

April 18, 2022April 26, 2022

There are lots of ways to get things done in Sibelius. But what could be more elementary than the ABCs? Here’s what pressing each of those 26 letters does on their own.

Meta

Notation Express for Dorico 4 released [updated]

January 31, 2022February 16, 2022

Notation Express for Dorico 4 has been completely rebuilt to take advantage of Dorico 4’s ability to communicate directly with Stream Deck.

Tips

Chronology of a perfect music printing job

January 26, 2022January 29, 2022

How a music printing project gets done flawlessly, from beginning to end, thanks to expert communication and attention to detail from the music preparer — and a few tricks on the printing side.

Tips

Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS

November 4, 2021November 6, 2021

Apple’s Shortcuts, with its easy drag-and-drop interface, is the future of automation on all their platforms. Learn how to use it to automate actions in apps like Sibelius, Finale, and Dorico.

Meta

PDF batch utilities updated for macOS Big Sur

August 12, 2021August 14, 2021

The popular PDF Batch Utilities, available from Notation Central on a pay-what-you-wish basis, have been updated recently to fix several issues that appeared on macOS Big Sur (macOS 11).

Tips

Remove a certain articulation from a passage in Sibelius

April 1, 2021April 3, 2021

Articulations in Sibelius are toggles — like on/off switches on a lighting panel. Once you know that, you can add and remove them more easily than you may have thought.

Tips

Better bar numbers in parts in Sibelius

February 16, 2021February 19, 2021

Even if you’ve discovered the setting in Sibelius to display numbers on every bar in the parts, you’re left with positioning options ranging from bad to mediocre. Let’s fix this, once and for all.

News

Name Mangler and Moom productivity apps

October 24, 2020October 28, 2020

Learn about Name Mangler and Moom, two apps for Mac users that automate common tasks of file renaming and screen re-sizing.

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