Is There a SEARCH Function for the Manual?

[rabbithutch]

I try not to clutter the forum with questions that are answered elsewhere. As I'm relatively new to Audacity, there is much that I do not know but wish to learn. I'm having trouble finding information specific to my problems in both FAQ for the forum and FAQ for the Manual.

For example, I have managed to create 2 tracks in a project when I had intended to create only 1. I would like to delete one of the tracks but have not yet discovered how to do so. I checked both FAQ and the parts of the Manual that I thought would be relevant without success. I could not find a SEARCH function for the manual.

Could someone help me please?


Win 7 Home Premium Edition and Audacity 2.0.5

[steve]

Unfortunately we don't yet have a search function for the manual. However, you can use Google to search the on-line version of the manual by beginning your search query with:

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

For example, if you want to search for "recording tutorials" in the manual you could search Google with something like:

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site:http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/ recording tutorials

If you go to: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site% ... team.org/o and bookmark (add to favourites) that page, then you can quickly and easily search the on-line manual.

I would like to delete one of the tracks

To delete a track, click the [X] in the top left corner of the track.

Note that you can also "undo" most actions with the shortcut Ctrl+Z

[rabbithutch]

Thank you, Steve!

I tried clicking the X in the upper left part of the track after clicking to select the track and nothing appears to have happened. The track remains displayed and selected. Is there any way to tell if it really is deleted?

I'll give the suggestions you gave me for searching a try to see if I can find the topics as I need them.

Thank you, again!

[steve]

Is there any way to tell if it really is deleted?

Yes, it's very clear - when the track is deleted, it isn't there.
Note that most functions in Audacity are only available while playback is "stopped" (not playing, recording or paused).

[rabbithutch]

Thank you, Steve!

I expected the track to disappear when I clicked the X but it did not. Nothing I could do would make it go away. Finally I trashed the project and started over with a new one. This time I got only a single track, but I'm having some difficulty with this one, too.

When trying to clip out unwanted lead-ins and trail-outs on the track, I was able to select and Cut the lead-in time but not the section at the end. I spent a couple of hours searching and reading the manual and trying different things to no avail.

Is there any possibility that I have a corrupted copy of Audacity? If I un-install it and download a fresh copy, will I have to go back and install the LAME and other add-ins?

Thank you for your help. If this post should have been posted elsewhere, please tell me where (for next time) and move it.

[Gale Andrews]

I'll give the suggestions you gave me for searching a try to see if I can find the topics as I need them.

Steve gave you a link that would include the development version of the Manual (the work in progress Manual for the next release). That could be confusing because the new version may have changes compared to the current version.

This link should only return results for the Manual for the current release of Audacity:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site% ... team.org/o .


Gale

[steve]

This link should only return results for the Manual for the current release of Audacity:

Seems to give the same results as the search query that I gave

[Gale Andrews]

This link should only return results for the Manual for the current release of Audacity:

Seems to give the same results as the search query that I gave

Almost, but not quite. There are a few results from the Development Manual if you don't specify the "o".

Remember that we are optimising so that a Google Search for some term including "Audacity Manual" does not look in the Development Manual (man/). So the results show that is working. If users want to search the development Manual they should use its internal search box.

But if we split the Released and Development Manuals as has been talked about into separate subdomains that should make things clearer.


Gale

[steve]

I thought I had included the "/o/", but perhaps not.

[kozikowski]

Is there any possibility that I have a corrupted copy of Audacity? If I un-install it and download a fresh copy, will I have to go back and install the LAME and other add-ins?

I don't know if anyone ever directly addressed this, but reinstalling Audacity doesn't reinstall Audacity. Audacity is designed so you can do upgrades without putting all your custom settings in again. The down side to that is your personality sticks around and if that's what's damaged, you lose. It will follow you like a penniless cousin.

Reinstall Audacity and at least in Windows, there will be a place in the installer that asks you if you want to burn it off, hose it down and start over. That would be yes in your case. Audacity should scan for effects and tools during startup.

It is said that sometimes people who install multiple pages of external effects and add-ons can have troubles when the effects conflict with each other. You might see how Audacity acts without your add-ons.

I have never heard of the little [X] to the left of a track not deleting the track.

Do you manually edit your registry?

Koz