Options greyed out in the main Garage Band toolbar tab

I hadn't noticed that earlier but when I clicked it I saw this!!! (look at the pic)
I have had a serious issue with Garage Band recently: it opens with a considerable delay (up to several minutes) and isn't showing up in Mission Control regardless of how many other apps are opened at the same moment. I have earlier version of GarageBand and these options look normal. When troubleshooting some other issues (not this one!) I trashed some plists as recommended in an Apple Support article on iLife troubleshooting.
Help me, please: what should I do to fix this and return the ability to use these options?

But why it even wasn't possible to view the version? I thought it was a must-have option that should work any time.
That is because GarageBand is showing a dialog panel and waiting for a selection. The main application window is not active but the "New Project" panel.  Then most of the options in the "garageBand menu are inactive", until the panel has been dismissed.
I am seeing this (in English, sorry): The GarageBand application menu is inactive:
In the main window, once the project has been created, all is active again:
That is very typical for all dialog panels in most applications. as long as a dialog is active, the main application menu is aimed for most options, for example in iPhoto:
But you can easily find the version number of an application, by looking at it in the Finder in column view:
Or use "File > Get Info" on he application.

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