I've been using Audacity for years, and love it, but I am truly stumped at this turn of events.
I got a new laptop (Windows 7 x64) a few months ago and just got around to installing Audacity on it. I went to edit a sound file and no edit options are available (yes, the recording is stopped).
If I highlight a section then cut or copy become active (which does nothing to help me put a split cut in) but nothing else. I have tried this with several different types of sound files and even .aup files from my other computer, all with the same results.
Help?
No Editing Options
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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kozikowski
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Re: No Editing Options
Which Audacity are you using? The earlier Audacity had a Mode where you could make a "Simple" Audacity and it would defeat some of the tools. I'm looking.... Koz
Re: No Editing Options
Sorry, running the newest version - 2.0.3.
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Gale Andrews
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Re: No Editing Options
Are the items in the Edit Menu greyed out or do you just mean you cannot find Edit > Split Cut? It is in the Edit > Remove Audio or Labels sub menu. Have a look there for what its shortcut is and try the shortcut.NEStar wrote:If I highlight a section then cut or copy become active (which does nothing to help me put a split cut in) but nothing else. I have tried this with several different types of sound files and even .aup files from my other computer, all with the same results.
Gale
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