Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide584
Navigating Your Pro Tools
Session
In addition the Universe view, Pro Tools let you
quickly and easily navigate your session using
keyboard shortcuts. This topic provides an over-
view of the essential key commands for navigating
and making Edit selections in your session.
Zooming to the Entire Session
and to the Edit Selection
To zoom your entire session into view:
1 Press Alt+Start+A (Windows) or Option+Con-
trol+A (Mac) to horizontally fit the begging and
end of your session to the length of the Edit win-
dow.
2 Press Alt+Start+Up Arrow (Windows) Op-
tion+Control+Up Arrow (Mac) to fit all of the
tracks in your session to the height of the Edit
window.
Now that you can see your entire session in the
Edit window, identify the location to view for ed-
iting.
To zoom to an Edit selection:
1 With the Selector or the Grabber tool, make an
Edit selection.
2 Press Alt+Start (Windows) or Option+Con-
trol+F (Mac) to fit the length of the selection to
the length of the Edit window.
3 Press Control+Start+Up Arrow (Windows) or
Command+Control+Up Arrow (Mac) to zoom
the Track Height of the Edit selection to fit to
the height of the Edit window.
To zoom to an Edit selection using Zoom Toggle:
1 With the Selector or the Grabber tool, make an
Edit selection.
2 Press Start+E (Windows) or Control+E (Mac)
to enable Zoom Toggle.
3 Do one of the following:
• Press Start+E (Windows) or Control+E (Mac)
again to revert to the preview zoom state.
• Press Alt+Shift+E (Windows) or Op-
tion+Shift+E (Mac) to cancel Zoom Toggle
without reverting to the previous view.
Creating Edit Selections with
Tab to Transients
If you are editing audio with clear transients, you
can use Tab to Transients to make Edit selections.
To toggle Tab to Transients on and off:
 Press Control+Alt+Tab (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option+Tab (Mac)
To navigate and extend selections forward with
Tab to Transients:
1 With the Selector tool, place the Edit cursor be-
fore the first transient your want in your
selection.
2 Press Tab to place the Edit cursor at the first
transient.
3 Press Shift+Tab to extend the selection to the
next transient.
Press F7 for the Selector tool or F8 for the
Grabber tool.
Press F7 for the Selector tool or F8 for the
Grabber tool.
Set the Track Height option for Zoom Toggle
to Fit To Window in the Editing Preferences.