Installing Sound Forge Pro software

The install utility, setup.exe, located on the Sound Forge application disc, creates the necessary folders and copies all files required to operate Sound Forge software.

1.Place the Sound Forge application disc in the drive. The setup screen is displayed (if AutoPlay is enabled for your DVD drive).

Note: If the drive’s AutoPlay feature is not enabled, click the Start button and choose Run. Type D:\setup.exe, where D is the drive letter of your DVD drive, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.

2.Click Install, and follow the on-screen prompts to install the appropriate version of Sound Forge for your computer.

Getting help

You can access two varieties of help within Sound Forge:

•Online help

•Interactive tutorials

Online help

To access online help, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu or press F1.

Toolbar

Tabs

Information pane

The online help window has four tabs that you can use to find the information you need.

TabDescription

Contents

Index

Search

Provides a list of available help topics. Click a closed book ( ) to open the pages, and then click on a topic page ().

Provides a complete listing of the help topics available. Scroll through the list of available topics or type a word in the Type in the keyword to find box to quickly locate topics related to that word. Select the topic and click the Display button to view it.

Allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online help that contain the keyword you have entered. Type a keyword in the Type in the word(s) to search for box and click the List Topics button. Select the topic from the list and click the Display button to view it.

Favorites

Allows you to keep topics that you revisit often in a separate folder. To add a topic to

 

your favorites, click the Add button on the Favorites tab.

 

 

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