User guide

Chapter 8 Basic Operations 183
Working With the Clipboard
The Clipboard is an invisible area of memory, into which you can cut or copy selected
information (such as regions or events), allowing them to be pasted to a different
location.
The Clipboard is universal, which means that it can be used to exchange information
between projects.
All of the following options are available in the Edit menu.
Cut
All selected elements are removed from their current position, and placed in the
Clipboard. Any existing content in the Clipboard is overwritten in the process (default
key command: Command-X).
Copy
A copy of all selected elements is placed in the Clipboard. The selected elements are
left in place. As with Cut, the contents of the Clipboard are overwritten (default key
command: Command-C).
Paste
All content from the Clipboard is copied into the window with key focus. The Clipboard
contents are not erased in the process (default key command: Command-V).
Paste at Original Position
This command works in a similar way to Paste, but the regions or events in the
Clipboard are always pasted to the position they were originally cut from, regardless of
the current playhead position (which is where regions or events would be placed with
the standard Paste function).
Paste Replace
This function only works in the Arrange and editor windows. It resembles Paste, but all
existing regions or events in a given location are replaced by the regions or events
being pasted.
Warning: When using this function, all regions or events that lie within the time
period occupied by the regions or events on the Clipboard are erased.