<p>
- You may have a situation where you have positioned one region over another,
- and you just want to cut the lower region so that it directly adjoins both
- ends of the overlapping one, with no overlaps. To do this, select the upper
+ You may have a situation where you have positioned one region over another,
+ and you just want to cut the lower region so that it directly adjoins both
+ ends of the overlapping one, with no overlaps. To do this, select the upper
region, then choose <kbd class="menu">Edit > Separate > Separate
- Under</kbd>. This will split the lower region so that it no longer overlaps
+ Under</kbd>. This will split the lower region so that it no longer overlaps
the upper region at all. <br>
- Here is an example where we start with a short region placed so that it
+ Here is an example where we start with a short region placed so that it
overlaps a longer region:
</p>
<img src="/images/a3_before_separate_under.png" alt="region arrangement before separate under" />
<p>
- When we perform the <dfn>Separate Under</dfn> edit, the lower region splits
+ When we perform the <dfn>Separate Under</dfn> edit, the lower region splits
in two, with boundaries exactly positioned at the edges of the upper region:
</p>
<img src="/images/a3_after_separate_under.png" alt="region arrangement after separate under" />
<p>
- If the upper region covers only one end of the lower region, then this
- operation is equivalent to
- <a href="/editing-and-arranging/change-region-lengths/#trimtonextprevious">Trim to Next or Trim to Previous</a>,
+ If the upper region covers only one end of the lower region, then this
+ operation is equivalent to
+ <a href="@@trimming-regions#trimtonextprevious">Trim to Next or Trim to Previous</a>,
depending on which end is covered.
</p>