File Menu commands

The File menu offers the following commands:

Launch Screen

Opens the MidiIllustrator 'launch' dialog which allows you quick and easy access to the program's most common activities.

Open Opens files of the following formats *.mil, *.midi and *.kar. Also allows you to navigate quickly to your favourite file locations.

For more information on opening files and creating scores see Opening and Viewing MIDI Files.

New Score Opens the 'new score' dialog allowing you to create a new score from a template, or from scratch.
New Default Score Creates a new score using the 'default' score template.
Save Saves an open score using the same file name. Also allows you to navigate quickly to your favourite file locations.
Save As Saves an open score to a specified file name, and allows you to save the score with an adjusted Master tempo.  Also allows you to navigate quickly to your favourite file locations.
Save As Template Saves a copy of the current score in a special template format, so that you can create new scores using the current score as a starting 'model'.  The current score is not changed in any way by this action.
Save As Default Template Saves a copy of the current score as the default template.  The current score is not changed in any way by this action.
Close Closes an open score.
Close All Closes all open scores.
Revert to Saved Closes an open score without saving changes made, and reopens the last saved copy. All changes since you last saved the score will be lost.
Print Prints the current score.
Print Preview Print Preview is the same as Page View. Displays the score on the screen as it will appear when printed.
Printing Options Allows you to choose print formatting options such as paper size and orientation, margins and layout.
Exit Exits MidiIllustrator.