From: David W. Fenton
So, the ideal world for me would be to have the "all text blocks" dialog added, which would allow selection of multiple text blocks and the application of properties to the selected group, but then to leave the text expression dialog as it is, with the exception of:
such editing should also then be possible for a sequence of text expressions, so that instead of changing ALL instances of 12pt palatino to 12pt times (via change font command) the user can select a discrete list of Texts in the Text List to which this change is applied. sorry i've forgotten who mentioned it (noel?), but someone did wish for the possibility to edit a group of text blocks.
If I had a "dynamic f" and an "articulation f" both in the same dialog, there'd have to be some visual method of distinguishing them, or it would be a real pain to use.
there is a comment field containing info unique to the Text now, so you could write "art." beside one, and "dyn." beside the other, or "above" for the "espressivo" appearing above the staff, and "below" for the one between the piano staves (attached to the RH). the placement is a problem, since it appears to the right of the Text in the Text List, longer expressions cover the info, a (visual) design flaw, but the possibility is already there (F2005, maybe it was already in 2004?).
But I'm definitely against an combination of the text block tool with other tools if the separate tools for using were to be eliminated.
i'm not proposing that any of the current functionality be removed.
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