Flex tool, Working with help tags – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual

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Flex Tool

The Flex tool provides you with quick access to fundamental flex editing functionality,
without having to turn on Flex view in the Arrange window.

Working with Help Tags

A help tag appears just below the mouse pointer position—for as long as the mouse
button is held down—when using many of the tools. The help tag provides useful feedback
on the operation you are performing.

Note: You must turn on the Logic Pro > Preferences > Display > General > Show Help
Tags option in order to view help tags during edit operations.

During operations involving regions, the help tag looks something like this:

From left to right (and from top to bottom), the values indicate:

• Name of the operation

• Mouse (or region) position

• Region/event name

• Track number

• Length of the region

During operations involving events, the help tag looks something like this:

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Basic Operations

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