How do I move within audio recording?

[mwidunn]

Can anyone tell me how to move easily within an audio recording?

Let’s say I’m already playing an audio file. And, I want to skip back from a point in the audio to an earlier point: Couldn’t I just click on where I want with my mouse and start playing from there? In other words, the audio is at 2:55 – but, I want to skip back to 1:30 (or whatever), and start playing from that point. Can’t I just click it and re-start play?

Instead, Audacity creates “loops” . . . or, it places a line where I clicked, but keeps playing from the line that’s at where it last played.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[billw58]

Click in the Time Line to start or restart playback from that point.

[Wrecks0]

You can drag the horizontal scroll elevator. If you are zoomed way in this can get you lost.

Pressing the PageUp button will shift the timeline left a “screenful” and PageDown will do the opposite. You still have to click on the timeline to tell the program where you want to start playing.