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Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
Maybe everyone else knows this and I'm just late to the party, but when using function keys (F5 - F10) to select tools, the Smart tool toggles between it and the last tool you selected. For example, if you type F5 for the Smart tool, then F7 for the Move tool, now F5 will toggle between the Smart tool and the Move tool.
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 00:44:34
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Didn't know. Always something new to find.
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 03:53:18
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Didn't even know the 'F' keys selected tools at all! Way beyond cool! Keystrokes over mouse clicks any day! Thanks for the tip Craig!
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 07:56:39
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I have done this (almost instinctively by now) , since I figured it out in X3. It does speed up things 
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 09:19:16
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Yes, that's a very handy feature. Another one is that you can press and hold a function key to temporarily use a different tool. Then when you let go of the key, SONAR automatically switches back to the previous tool you were using. Scott -- Scott R. Garrigus - http://www.garrigus.com* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://www.digifreq.com/* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://www.newtechreview.com/
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 12:11:12
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Nice
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 14:03:18
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That's all just insanely cool.
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 14:36:47
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Thank you Craig and Scott very useful.
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 15:26:58
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I didnt know this. Thanks for the info
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 17:25:27
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Thanx guys. These tips will speed up my workflow!
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 17:35:24
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Believe it or not I actually knew this one quite a while ago. It is indeed very useful if you are doing a repetitive task. I haven't used it for a while but it's a life saver when doing heavy audiosnap or PRV editing. Sometimes you just want to bloody well MOVE something with out the Smart Tool trying to do a million different things due to hotspots. Toggle, do your thing, bingo bango it's done and you can get back to the ST.
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Re: Smart Tool Toggle Feature I Didn't Know About
2015/06/06 18:08:01
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