Window menu
How to get there
The Window menu is one of NotePad’s unchanging menus.
What it does
The Window menu controls (and indicates) which windows are open, and which are in front (active). It also has Tile and Stack commands, which automatically and neatly arrange multiple open windows into a more convenient layout.
- ScoreManager. Choose this item to
display the ScoreManager, NotePad’s floating window that controls
the playback, MIDI channels, and Instrument assignments of the staves in your
document. Choose this item a second time—so that the check mark disappears—to
hide the ScoreManager. See ScoreManager.
- Playback Controls. Choose this item to display the Playback Controls window that controls playback in your document. Choose this item a second time—so that the check mark disappears—to hide the Playback Controls. See Playback.
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File Utilities palette. Choose this item to display the File Utilities palette with the file action icons such as Print, Open, Save, etc.
- Main tool palette. When this item is checked, NotePad’s Main tool palette is open on the screen. You can close it by choosing this item so that the check mark disappears. The default position of the Main tool palette is docked at the top of the screen. You can also dock the palette in a vertical strip or create a floating palette. Click on the edge of a docked palette and drag it into the middle of the screen to create a floating palette. As you drag the palette, an outline will appear showing the shape and position of the palette in that location.
- Simple Entry palette. When you click the Simple Entry tool, the Simple Entry palette appears. You can close it by choosing this item so that the check mark disappears. To restore the palette, select the tool or choose this item from the Window menu.
- Simple Entry Rests palette. When this item is checked, the Simple Entry Rests palette is open on the screen. You can close it by choosing this item so that the check mark disappears.
- Smart Shape palette. When you click the Smart Shape tool, the Smart Shape palette appears. You can close it by choosing this item so that the check mark disappears. To restore the palette, select the tool or choose this item from the Window menu.
- Cascade. If more than one document window is open on the screen, this command neatly stacks them so that they overlap by a half-inch or so, as though they’re a deck of cards being fanned from upper-left to lower-right. Because this arrangement leaves each window’s title bar visible, it’s easy to jump from one window to another (by clicking any visible part of it). The active window is the one in the lower-right.
- Tile. If more than one document window is open on the screen, this command neatly places them one atop the other, subdividing your screen area so that all windows are the same size. The active window is the upper window.
- [Document windows]. The names of all open document windows are listed at the bottom of the Window menu. A check mark appears by the active window. Choose a window’s name to make it active.
