Open/Add a file to an existing project

[Keith Ling]

I apologize if this has been covered. I did a search and did not find this answer. First of all, I have Beta 1.3.11.
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Owner: Microsoft
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User: Keith Ling
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition 6.01.7600
Report Date: Monday 14 June 2010 at 22:08

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I am attempting to open and add a file to an existing project with one file already opened. With the previous version, I would select open, find the file, drag it to the Audacity icon at the bottom of the page, drag it back up to the space below the first audacity file, then release. That doesn't seem to work in this version. How do I get the second file in the project? Thanks.

[steve]

You should be able to drag and drop audio files into an existing, open Audacity project, provided that the file is in a supported format.
Audio files can also be imported into Audacity 1.3.x using "File menu > Import > Audio".
If Importing via the File menu does not work, Audacity will probably give you a helpful error message telling you why it does not work.

The current version of Audacity is 1.3.12 and has some important bug fixes since the release of 1.3.11 - it is available here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows