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menu item changes to Dock Control Toolbar, which you can use to put
the toolbar back into the main window.
Float Edit Toolbar - moves the Edit Toolbar out of the window and into its
own floating window, so you can position it wherever you want. The menu
item changes to Dock Edit Toolbar, which you can use to put the toolbar
back into the main window.
Float Meter Toolbar - does the same thing for audacity's VU meters which
you use to set recording levels and adjust playback.
Float Mixer Toolbar - moves the Mixer Toolbar out of the window and into
its own floating window as above.
Project Menu
Import Audio... - This command is used to import audio from a standard
audio format into your project. Use this command if you already have a
couple of tracks and you want to add another track to the same project,
maybe to mix them together. You cannot use this option to import Audacity
Projects. The only way to combine two Audacity Projects is to open them in
separate windows, then copy and paste the tracks.
Import Labels... - This command takes a text file which contains time
codes and labels, and turns them into a Label Track.
Import MIDI... - This menu command imports MIDI files and puts them into
a MIDI Track. Audacity can display MIDI files, but cannot play, edit, or save
them yet.
Import Raw Data... - This menu command allows you to open a file in
virtually any uncompressed format. When you select the file, Audacity will
analyze it and try to guess its format. It will guess correctly about 90% of
the time, so you can try just pressing "OK" and listen to the result. If it is
not correct, however, you can use the options in the dialog to try some
other possible encodings.
At the beginning of your imported track(s), you may notice a little bit of
noise. This is probably the file's header, which Audacity was not able to
parse. Just zoom in and select the noise with the Selection Tool, and then
choose Delete from the Edit Menu.
Edit ID3 Tags... - Opens a dialog allowing you to edit the ID3 tags
associated with a project, for MP3 exporting.
