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2 Do one of the following:
• Select a preset amount in the Back/Forward
Amount pop-up menu.
– or –
• In the Back/Forward Amount field, enter a
custom amount.
Using Back or Forward Commands
To move the playback location backward by the
Back/Forward Amount:
■ Press Control (Windows) or Command (Mac),
and click Rewind in the Transport window.
To move the playback location forward by the
Back/Forward Amount:
■ Press Control (Windows) or Command (Mac),
and click Fast Forward in the Transport window.
To move the playback location backward by the
Back/Forward Amount and then begin playback:
■ Press Control+Alt (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option (Mac), and click Rewind in the
Transport window.
To move the playback location forward by the
Back/Forward Amount and then begin playback:
■ Press Control+Alt (Windows) or Com-
mand+Option (Mac), and click Fast Forward in
the Transport window.
Repeating Back/Forward Commands
All the Back/Forward commands can be re-
peated in order to increase the amount of the to-
tal Back or Forward move.
To repeat Back/Forward moves:
1 Press and hold Control (Windows) or Com-
mand (Mac).
2 Click Rewind or Fast Forward the number of
times you want to repeat moving the playback
location backwards or forwards by the Back/For-
ward Amount.
Extending Selections with Back or Back and
Play Commands
The Back or Back and Play commands can be
used to extend a selection backwards by the
length of the Back/Forward Amount.
To extend a selection with Back or Back and Play
commands:
1 Configure the Back/Forward Amount.
(See“Setting the Back/Forward Amount” on
page 391.)
2 With the Selector tool, drag within a track to
make a selection.
3 Do one of the following:
• To extend the selection backwards by the
Back/Forward Amount, press Shift+Control
(Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac) and
click Rewind in the Transport window.
– or –
• To extend the selection backwards by the
Back/Forward Amount and then begin
playback, press Shift+Control+Alt (Win-
dows) or Shift+Command+Option (Mac)
and click Rewind in the Transport window.
Although you cannot extend a selection
with the Forward or Forward and Play com-
mands, you can use the following proce-
dures with Forward or Forward and Play to
move the start point of a current selection.
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