1.Move the cursor to the desired location on the timeline.
2.Click either the track number or within the track where you want to paste the event. This track is the focus track; there can be only one focus track at a time.
Note: If you are pasting multiple events from different tracks, new tracks are automatically created as needed.
3.Click the Paste button (
).
Clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the track. Existing track events can be overlapped with newly pasted information.
Using paste repeat
Use paste repeat to specify how many times clipboard events are pasted at the cursor position on the selected track and to specify the space between pasted events.
1.Copy a selection to the clipboard.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Paste Repeat. The Paste Repeat dialog appears.
3.Specify the number of times to paste the clipboard contents and the space between successive copies.
4.Click OK.
Using paste insert
When using paste insert, clipboard events are placed at the cursor position on the selected track and existing events on all tracks are moved further down the timeline by the total length of pasted information. This action differs from
1.Copy a selection to the clipboard.
2.From the Edit menu, choose Paste Insert.
Clipboard contents | Events before paste insert | Events after paste insert |
Events on all tracks (not just tracks with pasted material) are pushed down the timeline.
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