System Basics
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Buttons
Your video editor’s buttons are small objects displayed on the screen that you
can select to perform various functions.
Check Boxes and Checklists
Check boxes and checklists resemble check boxes on a questionnaire.
You can select them to mark or unmark them.
Clips
Clips allow you to gain access to video or audio Clips. Video Clips appear as
images, while audio Clips appear as audio speaker icons.
You can move Clips from a bin to a drawer (or back again) by dragging the
Clips to the new location, and you can move the Clips from one drawer or
sub-drawer to another (see “Drawers” on page 29).
As you begin to create a project, you will drag these Clips from the bin to the
StoryBoard.
Cursor and Pointer
When you are typing in a text area, the pointer appears as a cursor. You can
move this cursor anyplace within the text area and type the appropriate
symbols where you need them.
Cursor Bar
The Cursor bar is a triangle with attached vertical line that crosses the Video
Clips, Graphics, and Audio Clips tracks in the StoryBoard screen. It marks
your current position along your project “timeline” and can be moved to
anyplace along the “timeline.”