Don Hart wrote:
Solved with the "Update smart word extensions and hyphens" feature.... in the *utilities menu*! A feature I was unaware of, (new since 2006, I guess) that seems totally worthy of membership somewhere in the Lyrics menu. Or so one would think. - DH
I've long ago given up trying to decipher any logic in the MakeMusic placement of menu items.
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.
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?
"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?
The list goes on and on -- If a person uses a particular version of Finale a lot, every day, the location of the menu items doesn't really matter because one quickly becomes familiar with them all, but for people who use it less frequently, the menu organization simply becomes one more reason why so many people find Finale so hard to learn.
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