DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual page 519

Trim to Insertion Commands
You can trim a region or MIDI note by automat-
ically removing the material between the Edit
insertion point and the start or end point of the
region.
To trim from a start point to insertion:
With the Selector tool, click inside the region
1
or note where you want the new start point to
be.
Choose Edit > Trim > Start To Insertion. The re-
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gion's start point is automatically trimmed to
the insertion point.
Press Alt+Shift+7 (Windows) or Option+
Shift+7 (Mac) to Trim Start To Insertion.
To trim from an end point to insertion:
With the Selector tool, click inside the region
1
or note where you want the new end point.
Choose Edit > Trim > End To Insertion. The re-
2
gion's end point is automatically trimmed to the
insertion point.
Region end trimmed to insertion
Press Alt+Shift+8 (Windows) or Option+
Shift+8 (Mac) to Trim Start To Insertion.
Trim to Fill Selection Commands
The Trim to Fill Selection commands let you au-
tomatically reveal underlying material in the
gaps between regions, or before and after indi-
vidual regions, as follow:
To trim from a start point to fill gaps:
With the Selector tool, select across at least
1
one gap between regions.
Choose Edit > Trim > Start to Fill Selection.
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The start point of the region behind the gap is
automatically trimmed (expanded) to the previ-
ous region, or as far as possible if there is not
enough underlying material to cover the gap.
Region start trimmed to fill gap
To trim from an end point to fill gaps:
With the Selector tool, select across at least
1
one gap between regions.
Choose Edit > Trim > End To Fill Selection.
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Chapter 25: Editing Regions and Selections 501