A lot of my options are greyed out [SOLVED]

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A lot of my options are greyed out [SOLVED]

Post by Hatofulthread » Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:50 am

Specs: Windows 8, Audacity ver. 2.0.6, obtained the .exe

I downloaded Audacity today and I'm excited to start learning how to use it. The only problem that I've run into is that a very large number of options are greyed out and unable to use. I made sure that I read everything carefully in the installer and any pop-up window. I've tried searching around but I can't find anything. I greatly appreciate any help. Cheers!

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Re: A lot of my options are greyed out and I cannot click th

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:13 am

Many of the options go away if you are in Pause instead of Stop.

Selecting edit points is something of an art.

Left side under Editing Scroll down.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/

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Re: A lot of my options are greyed out [SOLVED]

Post by Hatofulthread » Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:16 am

kozikowski wrote:Many of the options go away if you are in Pause instead of Stop.

Selecting edit points is something of an art.

Left side under Editing Scroll down.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/

Koz
Oh wow, that cleared it up very quickly. Thanks, I feel like and idiot. Thanks for responding so fast!

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