Copying and pasting tracks problem

Hi All.
 I am trying to re-arrange a song and am running into an obstacle that I can't figure out. Let's say I want to copy the first 8 measures of tracks 1-8, and paste them to the end of the arrangement at say, measure 34. Two of the 8 tracks are folder tracks with 2 tracks in each folder. I open the folders, slice all of the tracks at the end of measure 8, copy the 1st 8 bars of all of the tracks (Ctrl+C), place my playback head at measure 35, click on track 1, hit Ctrl+V to paste and only 4 of the 8 tracks are copied, and the first starting track is say, track 3 or 4- it's different each time I try it.
 
I'm used to using GarageBand's Arrange track in the school where I teach, and that makes re-arranging a song effortless. Is there something like that in Sonar that I'm missing? That's another post I guess.
 
 Anyway, it seems like I'm forgetting to set something before I do this mass copy...what am I forgetting to do? Does anyone know?
 
Thanks in advance,

I don't understand why only 4 tracks are pasted, but when copying I do know that you have to make certain the 1st track that you want to copy to actually the selected track. One way to do that is to hit the comma key. Also I don't think that folders behave like tracks. I use track folders but when I copy and paste, I am working with the tracks, not the folders.

I must say that this copy and paste of tracks is the most counter-intuitive process I've ever experienced. I am trying to create arrangement changes...maybe add an extra verse, double the chorus, etc. The drag and drop copy; CTRL+C copy and paste process for this is frustrating me to no end. I'm sorry for the rant, but my deadline got moved up a day, and the client wants the song to be 2' instead of the initially requested 1'. I figured it would be just click, copy, paste...I have now spent 3 hours trying to do this and am no further along than when I started. 
 
I have both midi and audio tracks in this. I have tried freezing the midi tracks to make it consistent. This didn't help. I may have to import all of this into Mixcraft Pro7 in order to make the deadline today.
 
Thanks for letting me rant.
 
 
 

Here is a link to extensive information on what you want to do. Sonar has lots of options and may not appear intuitive at first. Best to let the manual show you.

https://www.cakewalk.com/...elp=Arranging.17.html#

Capturing and posting two screenshots (just after selecting the clips and just after pasting them to the new location) will probably solve the issue immediately.

Hi. Wow! Thank you all for your help, understanding, and suggestions! What a great community this is.
 
I will be trying out all of the suggestions here to see what fits my style and workflow
 
Thanks again,
 
 

Let's say you are copying a section of tracks 1-8  and you want to paste it to the end of tracks 1-8.  I recommend using Paste | Special (Ctrl+Alt+V) so you can set the starting track.  In this case, you would want to start at track 1, but Sonar may default somewhere else.  Also, you want to make sure Paste to One Track is NOT selected..
 
If you do the Paste Special and look at what's in the box, you may see what's wrong.
 
I have had a little trouble with Sonar being confused about what tracks I had selected/copied.  I have set up F2 to be Unselect All.  I always hit that first, then go in and Select and Copy so I am sure I am getting what I think I am getting.