The following icons are used throughout this Help file:
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Meaning |
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Drop-down text: click to display more information. |
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Note: provides additional information about a topic. |
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Tip: provides a shortcut or an alternate means of performing a task in Sound Forge software. |
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Warning: important information that you need to know before performing a task. |
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Underlined Text |
Link: Click the blue underlined word to jump to the topic. Click the Back button to return to the previous topic. |
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Underlined Text |
Popup: Click the green underlined word to view a popup definition or graphic. Click inside the popup window to close it. |
Simply press F1 or choose Contents and Index from the Help menu to display the online Help (but then, you’re reading this, so you’ve figured that out already).
The Contents tab
The Contents tab provides a categorized listing of available Help topics. Click a book 
to open it, and click the topic page 
you want to view. The topic is displayed in the right-hand pane.
The Index tab
The Index tab provides a complete listing of the Help topics available. Use the scroll bar to scroll through the list of available topics or type a word in the text box to quickly locate topics related to the word. Select a topic and click the Display button.
The Search tab
The Search tab allows you to enter a keyword and display all of the topics in the online Help that contain the keyword you have entered. Type a keyword in the text box and click the List Topics button. Select a topic from the list and click the Display button.
The Favorites tab
The Favorites tab allows you to easily return to topics that you use often. To view a topic from the Favorites tab, select the topic in the Topics list and click the display button. To add a topic to the Favorites tab, simply click the Add button. To remove a topic, select the topic in the Topics list and click the Remove button.
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Command |
Keyboard Shortcut |
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Toggle between panes |
F6 |
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Scroll |
Up/Down Arrow |
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Open selected book |
Enter or Right Arrow |
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Close selected book |
Enter or Left Arrow |
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Open selected link |
Enter (when right-hand pane is active) |
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Toggle selected link |
Tab or Shift+Tab (when right-hand pane is active) |
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Toggle Contents, Index, Search, and Favorites tabs |
Ctrl+Tab (when left-hand pane is active) Contents = Alt+C |
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Back |
Alt+Left Arrow |
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Forward |
Alt+Right Arrow |
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Print topic |
Ctrl+P |
Using Help |
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In developing Sound Forge software, one of our primary goals was to make the interface as easy to use as possible. However, some features may not be immediately apparent, so we hope you take some time to browse through the online help so you won’t miss any of the creative potential in Sound Forge software.
Graphical conventions
The Help window
Help window keyboard shortcuts
