Using markers

Choose Insert > Marker (or press M) to add a marker at the current cursor position. Markers are reference points you can place throughout a file to identify positions for editing.

Each marker (up to 99) is assigned a number. Pressing this number on the keyboard moves the cursor to the corresponding marker.


Inserting a marker

  1. Position the cursor where you want to add a marker.

  2. Choose Insert > Marker (or press M). A marker will be added at the cursor position.

Naming or renaming a marker

Control-click the marker tag and choose Rename from the shortcut menu. Type the name of the marker in the edit box and press Enter when you're finished.

—or—

Double-click to the right of the marker and type a name in the edit box.

Deleting a marker

Control-click the marker tag and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Deleting all markers and regions

Control-click the marker bar and choose Markers/Regions > Delete All. All markers and regions are removed.

Deleting all markers and regions within a selection

Control-click the marker bar and choose Markers/Regions > Delete All in Selection. All markers and regions in the selected area are removed.

Moving a marker

Drag the marker tag to a new location.

Tags will snap to other markers and regions if snapping is enabled. Hold Shift while dragging to override snapping. For more information, see "Enable snapping."

Moving a marker to the cursor position

  1. Position the cursor in the waveform.

  2. Control-click a marker and choose Move to Cursor from the shortcut menu.

    The marker moves to the cursor position.

    If you have a range of data selected, the cursor will blink at one end of the selection; press Home to move the cursor to the beginning of the selection or press End to move to the end of the selection. You can also press , (comma) to move the cursor to the beginning or end of the selection.