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.
- Minimize. Choose this item to minimize the active window. This is the same as clicking the yellow button in the document's title bar.
- Zoom Window. Choose this command to expand the window to full size. A subsequent click returns the window it's prior size. This is the same as clicking the green button in the document's title bar.
- 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.
- 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.
