User manual

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Working with projects
Editing parts and events
Grouping events
Sometimes it is useful to treat several events as one unit. This can be done by
grouping them: Select the events (on the same or different tracks) and select “Group”
from the Edit menu.
Grouped events are indicated by a group icon on the right.
If you edit one of the grouped events in the Project window, all other events in the
same group are affected too (if applicable).
Group editing operations include:
- Selecting events.
- Moving and duplicating events.
- Resizing events.
- Adjusting fade-in and fade-out (audio events only, see “Creating fades” on page
143).
- Splitting events (splitting one event will automatically split any other grouped
events that are intersected by the split position).
- Locking events.
- Muting events.
- Deleting events.
Locking events
If you want to make sure that you do not edit or move an event by accident, you can
lock it. Locking can affect one (or any combination) of the following properties:
• To specify which of these properties are affected by the Lock function, use the
“Lock Event Attributes” pop-up menu in the Preferences dialog (Editing page).
• To lock events, select them and select “Lock…” from the Edit menu.
The events will be locked according to the options specified in the Preferences
dialog.
Lock Options Description
Position If this is locked, the event cannot be moved.
Size If this is locked, the event cannot be resized.
Other If this is locked, all other editing of the event is disabled. This includes
adjusting the fades and event volume, processing, etc.
The padlock symbol indicates that one or more of the lock options are
activated for the event.