hello, I am a newbie with this software.
please forgive if I don’t know if there is an existing topic for my question.
I am running Windows XP SP3 on a Packard Bell under desk computer.
My question is …
If I am playing back an audio wav file and press pause and then “unpause”, can I arrange to restart a few settable seconds back? This was possible with older technology (dictaphone)
thanks Mike 
Using a mouse:
Click at the place you want to start playback.
Using the keyboard:
Spacebar toggles Play / Stop, but rather than using the Spacebar to stop, use “Shift + A” (Stop and set cursor)
The use the Left cursor key to wind back a bit.
There are lots of other ways to navigate around a project. See these links for some examples:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/playing_and_recording.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/audacity_selection.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/zooming.html
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/timeline.html
Didn’t you write something that automatically backed up when you pressed stop?
Koz