DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Pro Tools Reference Guide 230
To open another Volume or Catalog in a new
browser window and leave the current Volume or
Catalog browser open:
„
Control-double-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-double-click (Mac) the Volume or Cata-
log.
Viewing the Contents of a Volume,
Folder, or Catalog
To expand or collapse the currently selected
folder, do one of the following:
„
Click the Expand/Collapse icon next to the
folder.
– or –
„
Select a volume, folder, or Catalog, and press
the Right Arrow key to expand, or the left Arrow
key to collapse.
To move up one browser level:
„
Click the Back arrow in the Browser toolbar.
Moving Browsers to the Foreground or
Background
To bring all open browsers to the foreground:
„
Choose
Window > Browsers > Bring to Front
.
To send all browsers to the background:
„
Choose Window > Browsers > Send to Back .
All open browsers are moved to the background,
bringing the other windows to the foreground.
Browsers remain open and accessible.
To bring an open browser to the foreground:
„
Choose
Window > Browsers
, and select an open
browser from the submenu.
To cycle to the next or previous browser:
„
Press Left/Right Arrow keys (Win-
dows) or Left/Right Arrow keys
(Mac).
Closing Browsers
To close all browsers:
„
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the
Close box of any browser.
Working wIth Items in Browsers
Opening Sessions
To open a Pro Tools session listed in a browser:
„
With no Pro Tools session currently open,
double-click a Pro Tools session file in any Digi-
Base browser.
Opening AAF and OMF Sequences
(DigiTranslator 2.0 Only)
On systems with the DigiTranslator 2.0 Option,
AAF and OMF sequences can be opened from
DigiBase browsers.
You can also drag and drop AAF and OMF se-
quences from browsers into the current session.
To move up one browser level, press Con-
trol+Up Arrow key (Windows), or Com-
mand+Up Arrow key (Mac).
To bring all browsers to the foreground,
press Alt+J (Windows) or J (Mac).
To send all browsers to the background,
press Alt+Shift+J (Windows) or
Shift+J (Mac).
Because the Task window is a utility and
not a browser, it remains open.