dhbailey wrote:
It seems as if they've tried to be obtuse. I quite agree that anything
which affects "Lyrics" should be in the "Lyrics" menu, but no, if it has
a utilititarian nature, it might go in the "Utilities" menu, or if you
might happen to use it while editing the score (duh, isn't that about
half of the time we spend using Finale?) it might be in the "Edit"
menu. And there appears to be no rhyme nor reason for any of the menu
placement.
The Update Layout command should only be available in the Layout Tool as
well?
The Edit menu does not contain commands that just updates the internal
structure of the document, the Edit menu is about active editing.
Word extensions are affected by edits done outside the Lyrics tool (for
example note editing), so I think it's valid to place it outside the
Lyrics Tool.
Then there's "Show Active Layer" which is in the "Document" menu, when
it more accurately affects what we see and could more logically be in
the "View" menu, or it helps us to edit the file in a particular manner
and so might be under the "Edit" menu. Using the "it affects this
document so we'll put it in the Document menu" logic, shouldn't most
menu items be under the "Document" menu?
Show Active Layer is STORED with the document. None of the Edit or View
menu items do that.
But "Show Active Layer Only" is a very misleading name.
"Transpose" is under the "Utilities" menu, yet it's something we do
while editing the music, so why isn't it under the "Edit" menu?
"Add Measures" is under the "Edit" menu, not under the "Measure" menu
which shows up when using the Measure Tool. Since it's just as much a
utility as transposing is, why isn't it under the "Utility" menu?
Good questions. However, personally I never use those particular items
from the pulldown menus, only from the context menu.
Best regards,
Jari Williamsson
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