It can be done manually, but that is time consuming.

I suppose that you are requesting some sort of ‘one-click’ utility that will sort all the expressions alphabetically?

Yes, a very simple database 101.  I have been requesting this feature for years. I have a large text expression library.  Alphabetical would be a dream come true. 

Thank you for your response.

Randy

PS:  It doesn't save as a library when you sort it manually.  I think it stays in the order that a composer created them.  Not sure about that, but it seems to work that way.  Let me know if you can.

I guess that I was not clear, when I wrote “It can be done manually, but that is time consuming”.

What I meant (by my word ‘manually’ ), was that you can begin from an empty ‘Document Without Libraries’, and then add the expressions, one by one, to this empty document.

This can be done by copying:

In the source document (that contains all your expressions), add an empty measure, and attach the first expression (= the one that comes first in alphabetical order) to that empty measure.

Then, copy that measure to your empty ‘Document Without Libraries’.

Repeat these steps for each expression.

In the ‘Document Without Libraries’ the expressions will appear in the order you added them (= in alphabetical order).

When you have added all your many, many expressions, you can save an expression library where the expressions are in the desired (alphabetical) order.

I do not think that it is faster, but you can do the same by saving each expression as a separate library.

Peter,

I am aware of this tedious method.  This is simple, Make Music has been asked for years from many many composers that this feature needed an overhall.  A simple database with sort is computer 101.   Unfortunately, they are not listening to the base.

I wait with hope of the next version to announce the newly revised Expression Tool.

Thanks,

Randy