User Guide

OPEN
Use this command to load a sound file into Sound Forge XP.
LOOK IN
Lists available drives and directories.
FILE NAME
Type the File name you want to open or *. and an extension to see a list of files
with the corresponding extension in the current directory.
FILES OF TYPE
Shows the type of files displayed. Choose a type from the drop-down list. If
you select All Types (*.*), Sound Forge XP will try to auto-detect the file format.
If you know that the file format is unsupported, select Raw File (.raw;*.*).
Selecting a file with a Raw File format will open the Raw file type dialog. Specify
format parameters for the file using this dialog. (More information about
opening Raw Files and other specific file formats is included at the end of the
Open section.)
MRU FOLDERS
Lists recently used folders. Use to speed the opening of regularly used files.
OPEN AS READ-ONLY
When checked, the sound file will be opened but you will not be able to alter
the sound data in the file.This feature is useful if you only need to play the file
or copy sections from the file.You can still change the Regions List, and Summary
information for the file, but these changes must be saved to a new file.
When you open a sound file, Sound Forge XP defaults to the edit mode you
last selected (either Open as read-only or Operate directly on the sound file).
OPERATE DIRECTLY ON THE SOUND FILE
When checked, the sound file will be opened for editing but with no
temporary file created.This greatly speeds the opening process but doesn’t give
you the security of a backup file. In most cases this is not a problem since all
changes can be undone (if you have enough disk space). However if Sound
Forge XP terminates improperly, the file would remain in its edited state.
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