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The Menu
 


The menu has the following entries:

File Menu

Here is a screen snapshot of the File Menu:

. Load External...
This allows you to load an external fingering file. See External File - Loading
. Load NORMTRIL.TXT; TURNTRIL.TXT; LEARN.TXT; WOLLITZ.TXT
These four menu entries allow you to quickly load the 4 external files supplied with Recorder Digits (see  Supplied file - NORMTRIL.TXT, etc). These files must be in the same folder as the program executable (rcdigits.exe) for this to work. Otherwise the program will display an error that the requested file was not available. If you really want these files to be in a different folder from the the executable, you can still load them using the File->Load External menu entry above, which brings up the standard Windows Open dialog.

New with version 2.85, you can use the QuickLoad Buttons to load these files even more easily.
. Save Builtin...
This allows you to save the built-in fingerings to disk. This creates an external fingering file that you can modify and then load in with the Load External menu item. See Getting Started - Saving Built-In Fingerings
. Report...
This allows you to produce a text file containing a textual representation of fingering data displayed by the program. One reason to do this would be to then load this text file into a wordprocessor to produce a printout. See Report.
. Preferences...
This allows you to establish settings that will take effect when the program starts (e.g. Recorder Type). See Preferences for more info.
. Exit
Exits the program. You can also hit the Escape key, or click the X in the upper right hand corner of the program's title bar.


Enharmonics Menu

The Enharmonics menu item allows the user to decide how the program will display enharmonic note names (e.g. A#/Bb, just A#, or just Bb). See Enharmonics for a complete description.


View Menu
Here is a snapshot of the View Menu:


. Trill Fingers
This has the same functionality as the Display Trill Fingers Checkbox.
. SingleClick InfoBox
If this is checked, a single click of an Info button (see Info Buttons ) will bring up the Infobox dialog. If unchecked, a doubleclick of an Info button is required. This can be established at startup via an option on the Preferences dialog. Note that you would not normally check this item if the Large Text Panel item below it was checked.
. Large Text Panel
If this is checked, the Large Text Panel will be displayed by the program. A complete description is found in the discussion of the Show Large Text Panel Checkbox, which has the same function as this View menu item.
. Refresh (F5)
Occasionally the screen display can become corrupted (e.g. the recorder fingerings may not display). Under these conditions, this menu item should clear things up (the hotkey for this is F5
. Builtin Fingerings
This allows you to view the built-in fingerings even after loading an external file. See Viewing Built-in Fingerings.
 

Help Menu
. Help Contents
This brings up the Contents part of the Help system
. Help Index
This brings up the Index part of the Help system
. About
This gives information about the program version, the copyright notice, and license.