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Paste Command
Use the Paste command to place the contents of
the Clipboard at the Edit insertion point, and
overwrite any material already there.
To paste a selection or region:
1
If you want to constrain the insertion point or
the selection to the current Grid value, enable
Snap to Grid.
2
Do one of the following:
• With the Selector tool, click in a track at the
point where you want to paste the mate-
rial.
– or –
• Use the Selector or Time Grabber tool to
make a selection where the material will be
placed.
3
Choose
Edit > Paste
.
If pasting at an insertion point with Shuffle Re-
gions enabled, material to the right of the paste
point is shifted to the right. Otherwise, any ma-
terial within the paste range is overwritten.
If pasting into a selection with Shuffle Regions
enabled, the selection is replaced by the Clip-
board’s contents with the adjacent material slid
left or right as necessary. Otherwise, the selec-
tion is also replaced but with the surrounding
material remaining unchanged.
Clear Command
Use the Clear command to remove a selection
from a track without placing it on the Clip-
board.
To clear a selection or region:
1
If you want to constrain the selection to the
current Grid value, enable Snap to Grid.
2
Set the Track View for the tracks you want to
edit.
When displaying waveforms for audio tracks, or
notes or regions for MIDI tracks, selections in-
clude underlying automation and controller
data. If the track is displaying automation data,
only the automation data is affected by the ed-
its.
3
Make an Edit selection.
4
Choose
Edit > Clear
to remove the selection.
If a portion of a region was cleared, new regions
are auto-created from the material residing out-
side of the selection. When Shuffle Regions is
enabled, any subsequent regions slide over to fill
any empty space.
With the Grabber tool, Start-click (Win-
dows) or Control-click (Mac) a region to
conform it to the current selection.
When working with MIDI, you can merge
the contents of the Clipboard with material
in the destination track using Edit > Paste
Special > Merge. For more information, see
“Paste Special” on page 934.