User Guide

EDITING AND NAVIGATION
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CHAPTER 3:
EDITING AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 3 provides explanations and tutorials covering Sound Forge XP’s
editing functions and how to navigate through sound files. Sections covered
include:
• Simple Editing and Navigation
• Advanced Editing and Navigation
• Regions and Markers
SIMPLE EDITING AND NAVIGATION
This section will describe the basic editing operations of Sound Forge XP.You
will learn about:
• Common Edit Operations
• Status Formats
• Magnification and Zooming
COMMON EDIT OPERATIONS
The edit operations used most often include Cut, Copy, Paste, Crossfade, Mix,
Clear/Delete, and Trim/Crop. Most of these make use of the clipboard, which is a
temporary storage area.The clipboard can also be used to move data from one
window to another. The following list provides a brief description of each
operation:
Cut Deletes a selected portion of data and copies it
onto the clipboard. Shortcut: Control+X
Copy Copies a selected portion of data onto the
clipboard. Shortcut: Control+C
Paste Inserts the contents of the clipboard into a data
window at the current cursor position or
replaces the current selection. Shortcut: Control+V