Sony 7 manual Navigating in the overview bar

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2.Place the mouse pointer over the word “Wow,” and click. A small vertical marker, representing the cursor, appears in the overview bar.

Small marker in the overview bar

3.Create a selection containing the word “Wow.” A shaded block, sized in relation to the size of the selection within the entire audio file, appears in the overview bar.

A shaded block in the overview bar

4.Click the Zoom In button ( ) twice. The bracketed area in the overview bar becomes incrementally smaller as less of the waveform appears in the data window.

Zooming in on a selection decreases the size of the bracketed area

However, the selection remains the same size and does not move. This allows you to quickly locate a selection, even when another section of an audio file is displayed.

Navigating in the overview bar

1.Open the Voiceover.pca file.

2.Click the Zoom In button ( ) until you reach a 1:32 zoom ratio.

3.Click outside the bracketed region in the overview bar.

Clicking in the overview bar outside the bracketed area places the cursor beyond the visible data window

The cursor position changes, but the cursor is located beyond the scope of the data window.

CHP. 5 NAVIGATING, ZOOMING, AND SELECTING