No menu presets in Encore.

Hi, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but after 3 hours of trying to figure it out myself, I'm tired.
I have linked to Encore from Premiere Pro CS4. When I get over to Encore, I attempt to create a Menu. I go over to the lower right had corner where it says Library. I click on the word "General" which is next to the word "Set". It opened up another window that has the word General with a check mark next to it, but that's all that it does. I can't get it to give me any of the preset Menu templets. I was able to about 8 hours ago when I sat down at this computer, but I can't replicate that experience. Can you tell me what I'm doing that is wrong? Thank you

I understand and agree. I don't plan to use the Encore library much either. They are all very cute and convenient, however if I had wanted cute and convenient, I wouldn't have purchased PPCS4. I wanted the ability to create nearly anything, which I now have, as soon as I learn how. This article helped a great deal. http://www.adobe.com/ap/tips/encmenu/ I also found a few free menus online and I took them into Photoshop and studied them. It took some time, but I'm catching on. The book you mentioned should be here in a few days, and then I will have the following few days and then I should have all I need. Thank you.
Terry Lee Martin
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:34:36 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: No menu presets in Encore.
Terry,
I do not find the Library that useful for my Projects in general. However, I do strongly recommend that one start with one, just to get the basics down. Now, I have built many personal Menus, and can easily adapt those to my needs. The real use of the Library Assets is to get a starting point. Once one learns the basics, represented there, it's easy.
Good luck,
Hunt
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