Basic Editing

The edit operations used most often include Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear/Delete, Mix, and Trim/Crop. Most of these functions use the clipboard, which is a temporary storage area. The clipboard can also be used to move data from one window to another.

What do you want to do?

Select data

Cut data from a window and put it on the clipboard

Copy data from a window and put it on the clipboard

Paste data from the clipboard into a window

Delete (clear) data from a window

Mix the contents of the clipboard into a data window

Trim/Crop all data in a window except the current selection

Crossfade the contents of the clipboard into the window

Change the magnification level of a data window

Undo an edit operation

Redo an edit operation