Mikethebook wrote:
it would be so much better to be able to do it in a formalised printed way.
I'm curious why do you think that would be better? Not only because there's nothing wrong with pencil and staff paper, and not just to be nasty

. But simply because your answer may clarify what you're really looking for a software package to do for you.
For example, do you simply want neater-looking results? Or is organizing and searching tune transcriptions a concern? Are your transcriptions for your eyes only, or to share with others?
Mikethebook wrote:
Does anyone have experience of simple transcription software that allows for including ornamentations too?
There's really nothing particularly special about ornamentation. Cuts are usually represented by grace notes, rolls by a turn glyph, triplets by ... triplets, etc. All just standard features of any basic notation software. ABC is "optimized" for trad because it was developed in that context. But any notation software can handle trad transcription, unless you're after a customized notation such as Grey Larsen's.
Mike, this recent thread contains a number of suggestions:
viewtopic.php?f=43&t=84378
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