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Menu Reference
Introduction
This manual lists all main menu items in Cubase Elements,
Cubase AI, and Cubase LE for quick reference. For further
information, please refer to the Operation Manual.
Cubase menu (Mac OS X only)
About Cubase
Opens a window with information about the Cubase ver-
sion number, etc.
Preferences…
The Preferences dialog contains several pages with set-
tings and options affecting the general program behavior,
for example. You access the pages by selecting items in
the list on the left. To make settings without closing the di
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alog use the Apply button.
Use the Help button in the dialog for information about the
items on the selected page.
Quit
Quits the program. If there are any unsaved changes in an
open project, you will have the option of keeping these or
discarding them before the program quits.
File menu
New Project…
This item opens the Project Assistant dialog, where you
can create a new project, which can either be empty or
based on a template. Templates are preconfigured setups
to suit various types of projects. You can also access any
other project on your system or open a project from a list
of recently opened projects.
Open…
This opens a file dialog allowing you to locate and open
saved project files. Cubase project files have the exten-
sion “.cpr”. Several projects can be open at the same
time, but only one can be active. The active project is indi
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cated by a highlighted button at the top left corner of the
Project window.
Close
Closes the active window. If the Project window is active,
the corresponding project will be closed.
Save
Saves any changes made to the project since you last
saved. The Save command stores the project under its
current name and location.
Save As…
Save As allows you to specify a new name and a new
project folder for the project.
Back up Project…
This item allows you to save the project into a new empty
folder. It has some additional features that can be used for
backup purposes.
When you back up a project, all files relating to the project
based on the options set will be saved in the new project
folder. The contents of the original project folder will be
left untouched. If you are absolutely certain that you do not
have any further need for the unused files and/or the video
files from the original project, you can exclude them from
the backup version.
Save as Template…
You can save any project as a template. When you create
a new project, the available templates are listed, allowing
you to base the new project on the selected template.
Saved templates will contain everything that was in the
original project, including clips and events.
Revert
This menu item allows you to revert to the last saved ver-
sion of a project. If any new audio files have been recorded
since you last saved, you have the option of keeping or de-
leting these.
Page Setup…
This item opens the standard Page Setup dialog, used for
deciding about paper formats, etc., before printing a score.
The item is only available when the Score Editor is open.