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Using the mouse wheel

Sound Forge allows you to use your mouse wheel to navigate audio files. The following table briefly describes the available mouse wheel functionality.

Wheel Up	Zoom in horizontally
Wheel Down	Zoom out horizontally
Ctrl+Wheel Up	Zoom in vertically
Ctrl+Wheel Down	Zoom out vertically
Shift+Wheel Up	Scroll left (in 10ths of screen width)
Shift+Wheel Down	Scroll right (in 10ths of screen width)
Ctrl+Shift+ Wheel Up	Cursor left or current selection point left (if there is a selection)
Ctrl+Shift+ Wheel Down	Cursor right or current selection point right (if there is a selection)

The main screen

When you start Sound Forge, the main screen appears. The main screen’s workspace is where you perform all audio editing.

Menu bar

Standard toolbar

Transport bar

Play Meters (docked)

Workspace

Status bar

Main screen components

The following table describes the major components of the main screen.

Menu bar	Displays the menu headings for the available functions.
Standard toolbar	Provides quick access to some of the most common tasks in Sound Forge (pg. 30).
Transport bar	Provides quick access to basic audio transport functions (pg. 30).
Status bar	Help and processing information appears on the left side. The boxes on the right side display the
	playback sample rate, bit depth, channel configuration (mono/stereo), length of the active data
	window, and total free storage space (pg. 83). With the exception of the free storage space box,
	you can edit these boxes by double-clicking or right-clicking them. When no data windows are
	open, only the free storage space box contains a value.
Workspace	This is the area located behind the data windows. Audio selections dragged to the workspace
	automatically become new data windows. Windows such as the Regions List and Playlist can be
	docked along the edges of the workspace.
Play Meters	Displays the level of the output audio signal. These meters can be toggled on/off by choosing
	Play Meters from the View menu. Right-clicking the play meters displays a shortcut menu
	that allows you to precisely configure the appearance of the meters.

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