creating labels

[kline2001]

Hi,

I hit play on a track, then I go to "Project" and select "Add label at playback position."
My assumption is that something like a text box would appear, where I can write in the name of the track.
But this doesn't happen. I don't see anything. I am missing a step.
What is it?
Thank you for your help.
kline2001

[billw58]

When you execute that command, a label is inserted into the label track, ready for input. If no label track exists, one is created. Note that you are better using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+M, since the command puts the label at the playback position at the moment you click on the "Project" menu, not at the moment you select the command.

http://audacityteam.org/manual-1.2/tracks_label.html

-- Bill

[kline2001]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the reply. Maybe I am just not seeing it - but nothing on the screen changes when I click on "Add label."

You said "a label is inserted into the label track, ready for input" but I simply don't see any label track. I don't see anything change at all. When I start typing, I do not see what I type.

I know I have a label track somewhere, because when I go to edit "undo" I am able to undo the label track.

Thanks.

kline2001

[kline2001]

O well, I opened a new project, and all of a sudden, I can see the label track.
Was the problem, perhaps, that I had too many tracks already crammed into the screen, and that's why I couldn't see the label track?
kline