System information

The toolbar contains buttons that enable you to select frequently used commands quickly. You may
customize it by adding, removing, or reordering buttons. For more information, see "Customizing the
Toolbar" on page 567.
Button Name Description
New Empty
Project
Creates a new blank project using the default settings. For more
information, see "Creating a New Project" on page 53.
Open Opens an existing project or media file. For more information, see
"Opening a Project or Media File" on page 62.
Save Saves the current project. For more information, see "Saving a
Project" on page 68.
Save As Saves the current project to a new name or folder. When you use
Save As, you can choose to copy the project media to the same folder
as your project. For more information, see "Saving and Renaming a
Project (Save As)" on page 69.
Render As Saves your project in a new format as a single file. For more
information, see "Rendering Projects (Render As)" on page 515.
Properties Opens the Project Properties dialog box allowing you to make
changes to the current project. For more information, see "Setting
Project Properties" on page 53.
Cut Deletes and copies the current event selection to the clipboard. For
more information, see "Cutting, copying, and pasting events" on
page 142.
Copy Copies the current event selection to the clipboard. For more
information, see "Cutting, copying, and pasting events" on page 142.
Paste Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor position. For
more information, see "Cutting, copying, and pasting events" on
page 142.
Undo Reverses the last action performed. For more information, see
"Undoing and redoing edit operations" on page 187.
Redo Reverses the action of the Undo command. For more information,
see "Undoing and redoing edit operations" on page 187.
Enable
Snapping
Turns on snapping and enables the Snap to Grid and Snap to
Markers commands. For more information, see "Enable Snapping" on
page 139.
Automatic
Crossfades
Select this button to automatically create a crossfade when two or
more events overlap. For more information, see "Automatic
crossfades" on page 138.
Auto Ripple Select this button and choose a mode from the drop-down list to
automatically ripple the contents of the timeline following an edit
after adjusting an event's length, cutting, copying, pasting, or
deleting events. For more information, see "Post-Edit Ripple" on page
147.
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