Labeling Preferences

Options Menu

From the Options menu, choose Preferences, and then click the Labels tab to modify the default names that are assigned to data windows, regions, and markers.


Item

Description

Window labels

 

New window prefix

Select this check box and type a prefix in the box if you want Sound Forge to display a name in the title bar when you create a new data window or choose Create a new window for each take from the Mode drop-down list in the Record dialog.

Clear the check box if you do not want to include a prefix (if you want to number windows only, for example)

 

Use counter and start at

Select this check box check box and type a number in the box if you want Sound Forge to number new data windows when you create a new data window or choose Create a new window for each take from the Mode drop-down list in the Record dialog.

 

Insert leading zeros in field width of

Select this check box and specify a field width if you want to use leading zeros in window names.

For example, if you specify a field width of 3, windows numbered 1 to 99 would be numbered 001 to 099.

Region labels

 

Label Regions

Select this check box if you want to display text labels for regions in the data window when you insert regions or choose Multiple takes creating regions from the Mode drop-down list in the Record dialog.

Prefix

Type a name in the box to set the label that will be used for regions.

Use counter and start at

Select this check box and type a number in the box if you want to number new regions.

Insert leading zeros in field width of

Select this check box and specify a field width if you want to use leading zeros in region names. For example, if you specify a field width of 3, regions numbered 1 to 99 would be numbered 001 to 099.

Marker labels

 

Label Markers

Select this check box if you want to display text labels for markers in the data window when you insert markers.

Prefix

Type a name in the box to set the label that will be used for markers.

Use counter and start at

Select this check box and type a number in the box if you want to number new markers.

Insert leading zeros in field width of

Select this check box and specify a field width if you want to use leading zeros in marker names. For example, if you specify a field width of 3, markers numbered 1 to 99 would be numbered 001 to 099.

Labeling Preferences