User Guide

CHP. 5 GETTING STARTED
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3. To confirm that the data has been pasted into the file, click the Play All button ( ). “Wow. Wow. Sound
editing just gets easier and easier” plays back.
Pasting in a new data window
To use data from the clipboard to create a new data window, go to the Edit menu, choose Paste Special, and
choose
Paste to New from the submenu. Sound Forge creates a new window containing the clipboard data in
a single step.
Cutting
Cutting allows you to remove a section of audio data from a data window and store it on the clipboard until
you paste or mix it into another file. When deciding between cut and copy, consider the following:
• Copying data has no effect on the original file.
• Cutting data modifies the original file.
Cutting data from a window
1.
Create a selection containing the second “Wow” (there should be two if you are following the examples)
in Voiceover.pca.
2. From the Edit menu, choose Cut. Sound Forge removes the selected data from the file and places it on the
clipboard.
Click the
Cut button ( ) or press .
3. Click the Play All button ( ). “Wow. Sound editing just gets easier and easier” plays back.
Clipboard contents
are pasted Into
the data window
Ctrl + X
Create a selection
Cut the selection
Selection is removed
from the data
window and placed
on the clipboard