Set Selection Format
–
lets you choose the
formatting that is displayed at the bottom of
the window indicating the current selection
time. Options include film, video, and audio CD
frames, s samples, or pure time. If you
turn on Snap-To mode in the Edit Menu, the
selection will snap to the frames or other
quantization you have selected in this menu.
History
-
Bring up the history window. It
shows all the actions you have performed
during the current session, including importing.
The right-hand column shows the amount of
hard disk space your operations used. You can
jump back and forth between editing steps
quite easily by simply clicking on the entries in
the window, the same as selecting Undo or
Redo many times in a row. You can also discard
Undo history window can be kept open while
you work.
Float Control Toolbar
–
moves the Control
Toolbar out of the window and into its own
floating window, so you can position it
wherever you want. The Menu item changes to
Dock Control Toolbar
,
which you can use
to put the toolbar back into the main window.
Float Edit Toolbar
–
moves the Edit Toolbar
out of the window and into its own floating
window, so you can position it wherever you
want. The menu item changes to
Dock Edit
Toolbar
,
which you can use to put the toolbar
back into the main window.
Float Edit Toolbar
–
moves the Edit Toolbar
out of the window and into its own floating
window, so you can position it wherever you
want. The menu item changes to
Dock Edit
Toolbar
, which you can use to put toolbar
back into the main window.
Float Meter Toolbar
– does the same thing
for audacity’s VU meters which you use to set
recording levels and adjust playback.
Float Mixer Toolbar
– moves the Mixer
Toolbar out of the window and into its own
floating window as above
.
Project Menu
Import Audio
- This command is used to
import audio from a standard audio format into
your project. Use this command if you already
have a couple of tracks and you want to add
another track to the same project, maybe to
mix them together. You cannot use this option
to import Audacity Projects. The only way to
combine two Audacity Projects is to open them
in separate windows, then copy and paste the
tracks.
Import Labels
- This command takes a text
file which contains time codes and labels, and
turns them into a Label Track.
Import MIDI
- This menu command imports
MIDI files and puts them into a MIDI Track.
Audacity can display MIDI files, but cannot play,
edit, or save them yet.
Import Raw Data
…
- This menu command
allows you to open a file in virtually any
uncompressed format. When you select the file,
Audacity will analyze it and try to guess its
format. It will guess correctly about 90% of the
