1. Select the Edit tool .

2. Click to position the cursor, hold the mouse button, and drag over an area of the data window to select data. As you drag past markers and regions, the selection edge will snap to the marker/region tag. For more information about channel selection, please see "Select Channels" in this help topic.

When you are working with stereo or multichannel files, you can select data from the individual channels or all channels:

• Drag within a channel to select that channel only:

  

• Drag across channels to select multiple channels:
  

• Drag along the divider between channels (or the loop bar above the ruler) to select all channels:

  

• Hold Ctrl and click a channel to add or remove it from the current selection:

  

Click the Lock Channel Selection button in the top-left corner of a data window to lock or unlock the current channel selection.

• When the channel selection is locked, you can drag anywhere in the data window to change the selection length or position without changing the currently selected channels (you can still Ctrl+click to add or remove channels from the selection).

• When the channel selection is not locked, dragging over a non-selected channel clears the current channel selection and selects the channels where you drag.

1. Select the Edit tool .

2. Move the mouse over the edge of a selection. The cursor will be displayed as a .

3. Drag to change the length of the selected region.

   

TIP You can also drag the ends of the loop region to adjust the selection length. Right-click the loop bar above the time ruler to display a shortcut menu, where you can set the selection to the visible portion of the waveform, select the entire file, or create a time selection from the loop region.

1. Select the Edit tool .

2. Move the mouse over the edge of a selection. The cursor will be displayed as a .

3. Hold the Shift key.

4. Drag to move the selected region.

   TIP You can also drag the center of the loop region to move a selection without resizing it: