Edit Sound List Menu Functions

Edit Sound List menu

The Edit Sound List Menu has the following functions.

• Name  - You can name the Sound List to something that logically identifies it. (ex. "Grease Act II"). The Sound List name appears in the top title bar of the program.
• Description  - Add or change the description of the Sound List. Include special production instructions here. Multiple lines of text can be pasted into this textbox. It is included in the reports.
• Category Name  - Each Sound List has its own list of category names. Sound items are categorized for sorting purposes. Category is selected on the Locator Group panel. Default categories are: Sound Cue, Music and Announcement.
• Set Names as Defaults  - Sets the Sound List category names from the program defaults.
• Save Names as Defaults  - Saves the Sound List category names as the program defaults.



• Number the List  - When checked, prefixes items in the Sound List with a number .
• Sort List 
• Use Ascending Order  - When checked, all sorts are performed in Ascending Order -- Descending when unchecked.
• By Act/Scene/Page (numeric)  - Resorts the list in ascending order by Group Hierarchy (ex. Act, then Scene and then Page numbers). For more information, see Group Hierarchy on the Classifiers help page.
• By Name  - Resorts the list by Name (alphabetically A to Z).
• By Category  - Resorts the list by Category (alphabetically A to Z).
• Undo Last Sort  - Restores the list to the order previous to the last Sort operation.



• Find in Name  - Finds the next occurrence of a specified string in a Sound Item Name field.
• Find in Description  - Finds the next occurrence of a specified string in a Sound Item Description field.
• Find in Filename  - Finds the next occurrence of a specified string in a Sound Item Sound Filename field.
• Find Next  - Repeats the last Find command without prompting.
• Match Case on Find  - When checked, find search becomes case sensitive.

Find behavior

Find operations wrap around the list when search reaches the end of list. It allows search of text in various Sound Item fields (Name, Description, and audio Filename). There is a drop down menu on the toolbar to specify the field to search.

Find toolbar

This toolbar provides one click access to some of the functions described above. Buttons ( from left to right): Show Attributes panel, Options dialog, Refresh List, Generate Report, Save as Default Attributes, Default Attributes Mode, Find Next, Find String textbox, and a dropdown selector to pick the field to search including Find in Name, Find in Description, Find in audio Filename.

Also see the Docking Toolbars section.