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title: Common Region Edit Operations
+menu-title: Region Editing
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-<p>This section covers a set of region editing operations that you are likely to use again and again while working on a session. Depending on your work habits (and experience of other <abbr title="Digital Audio Workstation">DAW</abbr>s) you'll find some of these operations critical while others used only rarely. </p>
-<p>You can carry out all of these operations from the keyboard (see <a href="/default-keyboard-bindings">Default Keyboard Shortcuts</a> for a list). Equivalent operations can be done with mouse in most cases. </p>
-<p>You may want to review your understanding of <a href="/editing-and-arranging/the-edit-point">the edit point/range</a> and <a href="/editing-and-arranging/what-regions-are-affected">which regions will be affected by region operations</a>.</p>
+<p>
+ This section covers a set of <dfn>region editing operations</dfn>
+ that you are likely to use often while working on a session.
+ Depending on your work habits (and experience of other
+ <abbr title="Digital Audio Workstation">DAW</abbr>s) you will find
+ some of these operations critical while others are used only rarely.
+</p>
+<p>
+ You can carry out all of these operations from the keyboard (see
+ <a href="/default-keyboard-bindings">Default Keyboard Shortcuts</a>
+ for a list). Equivalent operations can be performed with the mouse
+ in most cases.
+</p>
+<p>
+ You may want to review your understanding of
+ <a href="/editing-and-arranging/the-edit-point">the edit point/range</a> and
+ <a href="/editing-and-arranging/which-regions-are-affected">which regions will be affected by region operations</a>.
+</p>
<dl class="wide-table">
-<dt>Spot (Align)</dt>
-<dd>move selected regions to the edit point</dd>
-<dt>Split</dt>
-<dd>split selected regions at the edit point</dd>
-<dt>Trim Start</dt>
-<dd>Adjust the start of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as possible)</dd>
-<dt>Trim End</dt>
-<dd>Adjust the end of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as possible)</dd>
-<dt>Duplicate</dt>
-<dd>Make a copy of each selected region and position it immediately after the original</dd>
-<dt>Crop</dt>
-<dd>Truncate selected regions to the edit range</dd>
-<dt>Separate</dt>
-<dd>Split selected regions at both ends of the edit range</dd>
-<dt>Set Fade In</dt>
-<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade in to end at the edit point</dd>
-<dt>Set Fade Out</dt>
-<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade out to end at the edit point</dd>
-<dt>Toggle Fade In</dt>
-<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade in on or off</dd>
-<dt>Toggle Fade Out</dt>
-<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade out on or off</dd>
-<dt>Play Region</dt>
-<dd>Play session from the start of the earliest selected region</dd>
-<dt>Zoom To Region</dt>
-<dd>Zoom horizontally so that the selected regions span the editor track view</dd>
-<dt>Set Sync Point</dt>
-<dd>Set the sync point of all selected regions to the edit point</dd>
-<dt>Insert</dt>
-<dd>Inserts the currently selected regions in the Region List at the edit point</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Spot (Align)</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Move selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Split</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Split selected regions at the edit point.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Trim Start</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Adjust the start of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
+possible).</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Trim End</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Adjust the end of selected regions to the edit point (or as close as
+possible).</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Duplicate</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Make a copy of each selected region and position it immediately after the
+original.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Crop</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Truncate selected regions to the edit range.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Separate</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Split selected regions at both ends of the edit range.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade In</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade in to end at the edit point.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Fade Out</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Adjust selected audio regions' fade out to end at the edit point.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade In</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade in on or off.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Toggle Fade Out</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Turn selected audio regions' fade out on or off.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Play Region</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Play session from the start of the earliest selected region.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Zoom To Region</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Zoom horizontally so that the selected regions span the editor track
+view.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Set Sync Point</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Set the sync point of all selected regions to the edit point.</dd>
+<dt><kbd class="menu">Insert</kbd></dt>
+<dd>Inserts the currently selected regions in the Region List at the edit
+point.</dd>
</dl>
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