User Guide

Due to a limitation in Windows 95, the last two commands work only

in Windows NT.

As you can see from the above lists, Sound Forge XP has extensive keyboard

support for selecting data. You will find that almost any operation has an

equivalent keyboard shortcut which advanced users find invaluable. For a

complete listing of keyboard and menu shortcuts, see Appendix C.

To see how some of these keys function:

1. Open the file TUTOR1.WAV. Make sure that you’re using the Edit Tool by

selecting it from Tool under the Edit menu. Now make a data selection that

encompasses the word “Wow” with a generous amount of space on each

side of the word. After pressing the Play button you should hear a little bit

of silence, “Wow,” and a little more silence.

2. Choose the Zoom Selection command from either Zoom Level or Zoom Time in the

View menu. This will fit the selection on the screen with the best possible

resolution.

3. Now adjust the right side of the selection. Grab the end of the selection

with the mouse and drag to the right. Adjust the selection to be close to the

end of the word “Wow” and release the mouse button. Now do the same

operation with the keyboard. Hold down the Shift key and press the right

arrow key. The selection will extend to the right by one screen pixel. If you

hold down the Shift key and press the left arrow key, the selection will

decrease by one pixel. One screen pixel is equal to the number of samples

shown in the Zoom Ratio field.You can move the end of the selection in this

manner until you’ve got the selection just right.

4. Now adjust the start of the selection. Since the cursor is at the end of the

selection, any keys you press for selecting data will adjust the end. Put the

cursor at the front of the selection by pressing the Home key.You will see the

cursor jump to the start point of the selection. Now, use the selection keys

to adjust the start of the selection.

If you’re working in Windows NT, you can use the keyboard to select samples

as well as pixels. As noted in the above list, the Shift + Numpad + (plus) and -

(minus) keys select individual samples. This technique allows you to get the

exact selection you need without having to change the Zoom Ratio.

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