DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 11: Tracks 167
To navigate directly to any track number:
1
Choose
Track > Scroll to Track
.
2
In the Scroll To Track dialog, enter the
Track
Position Number
.
3
Click OK .
The track is selected, and the windows scroll as
follows:
• The Mix window tracks scroll to bring the
selected track as close to the left as possible.
• The Edit window tracks scroll to bring the
selected track as close to the top as possible.
Selecting Tracks
Tracks need to be selected for operations such as
duplicating tracks or adding tracks to a group.
One or more tracks can be selected at a time.
To select a track:
„
Click the name of an unhighlighted track in
its track channel strip.
To select a range of tracks:
1
Click the name of an unhighlighted track in
its track channel strip.
2
Shift-click an additional button.
All tracks between the first track selected and the
additional track will also be selected.
To select or deselect noncontiguous tracks, do
one of the following:
„
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac)
Track Name
buttons that are unhigh-
lighted to select them.
– or –
„
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) Track Name buttons that are highlighted
to deselect them.
To select all tracks:
„
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) any
Track Name button that is unhighlighted.
To deselect all tracks:
„
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) any
Track Name button that is highlighted.
Selecting Tracks when Making Edit Selections
Pro Tools lets you link Track selection with Edit
selections. When Track and Edit selections are
linked, you can make a selection within a track
or across multiple tracks for editing and each as-
sociated track is selected (track names automati-
cally highlight).
To link Track and Edit selections:
„
Select
Options > Link Track and Edit Selection
.
Scrolling a Track into View
To scroll a track into view:
„
In the Track List, or Mix or Edit window,
Right-click the track name and select Sc
roll into
View .
Press Alt+F (Windows) or Com-
mand+F (Mac) to open the Scroll to
Track dialog.
Scroll To Track dialog