Can't edit smart album in iPhoto '11

The help files for iPhoto say to select a smart album in the source list and then select it item 'edit smart album' in the file menu. But there is no such item in the File menu.
When I right-click on the album, the option 'edit smart album' is dimmed. Could it be that this album is not smart?? All my smart albums display the same misbehavior.

I think you may have suggested something that explains all this: my iPhoto library is a product of a Merge operation by iPhoto Library Manager, which I use to combine photos originally imported on different computers in the family. It is possible that that program makes all smart albums into dumb albums! I'll look up the documentation.

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