Sharon, I have the feeling control with f9 and control with f8 are not set in GW V5.70 and it does not matter if you are using W8 or W7 or XP Home. When I installed GW V5.70 over V5.69, I already had modified my keyboard file to make the controls different. New file is now f9 alone, this opens a new file and immediately you are recording. The settings are whatever you last used. In consequence, I have modified my keyboard to use the qwerty numbers 1 for record, 2 for pause recording and 3 for stop recording. F9 performs the function to create and start recording as intended. Also, you will find the play3 function (f4) is not set this you need do and I have set it in my keyboard. I think the best thing to do, is for me to copy my keyboard file into this email, so save it into a file called: GoldWaveKeyboard.txt which is what GW looks for, then to install the keyboard, you need go to options, then keyboard, enter and go to load button, press space bar not enter, you are now in the standard windows dialogue so find the file and enter on the name - job completed. To be safe, I will privately send an email with the keyboard file attached. Here is my file. ControlFastForward=F6 ControlPause=F7 ControlPauseRecord=2 ControlPlay1=F2 ControlPlay2=F3 ControlPlay3=F4 ControlRecordNew=F9 ControlRecordSelection=1 ControlRewind=F5 ControlSetup= ControlStop=F8 ControlStopRecord=3 ControlUndock= EditAutoTrim=Ctrl+U EditChannel= EditChannelBoth=Shift+Ctrl+B EditChannelLeft=Shift+Ctrl+L EditChannelRight=Shift+Ctrl+R EditCopy=Ctrl+C EditCopyTo= EditCrossfade=Ctrl+D EditCueDrop=Ctrl+Q EditCueDropEdit=Shift+Ctrl+Q EditCueDropFinish=Shift+Q EditCueDropStart=Q EditCueJumpNext=Ctrl+J EditCueJumpNextFinish=Alt+J EditCueJumpPrevious=Shift+Ctrl+J EditCueJumpPreviousFinish=Shift+Alt+J EditCueSelectBetweenNext= EditCueShowLines= EditCueSplitFile= EditCut=Ctrl+X EditDelete=Del EditInsertSilence= EditMarkerDropFinish=] EditMarkerDropStart=[ EditMarkerMoveFinishToEnd= EditMarkerMoveFinishToStart= EditMarkerMoveStartToBeginning= EditMarkerMoveStartToFinish= EditMarkerPrevious=Shift+\ EditMarkerRecallRange=Shift+R EditMarkerSaveRange=Shift+M EditMarkerSet=Shift+E EditMarkerSnap= EditMix=Ctrl+M EditMute= EditOverwrite=Ctrl+K EditPaste=Ctrl+V EditPasteAtBeginning=Ctrl+B EditPasteAtEnd=Ctrl+E EditPasteAtFinish=Ctrl+F EditPasteNew=Ctrl+P EditRedo=Ctrl+Y EditReplace=Ctrl+R EditSelectAll=Ctrl+A EditSelectView=Ctrl+W EditTrim=Ctrl+T EditUndo=Ctrl+Z EffectCensor= EffectChannelMix= EffectDoppler= EffectDynamic= EffectEcho= EffectExpander= EffectFilterAutoOffset= EffectFilterBand= EffectFilterEqualizer= EffectFilterNoiseReduction= EffectFilterParametricEQ= EffectFilterPass= EffectFilterPopClick= EffectFilterSilence= EffectFilterSmoother= EffectFilterSpectrum= EffectFlanger= EffectInterpolate= EffectInvert= EffectMaxMatch= EffectMechanize= EffectOffset= EffectPan= EffectPitch= EffectPlaybackRate= EffectRemoveVocals= EffectResample= EffectReverb= EffectReverse= EffectStereoCenter= EffectTimeWarp= EffectVoiceOver= EffectVolumeAutoGain= EffectVolumeChange= EffectVolumeFadeIn= EffectVolumeFadeOut= EffectVolumeMatch= EffectVolumeMaximize= EffectVolumeShape= FileBatchProcessing= FileClose=Ctrl+F4 FileCloseAll= FileExit=Alt+F4 FileInformation= FileNew=Ctrl+N FileOpen=Ctrl+O FileOpenUrl= FileSave=Ctrl+S FileSaveAll= FileSaveAs= FileSaveSelection= HelpAbout= HelpContents=F1 HelpManual= KeyCue=F12 KeySwitchWindow=Alt+F6 NavigationAfterFinish=Ctrl+] NavigationAfterStart=Ctrl+[ NavigationBeforeFinish=Shift+] NavigationBeforeStart=Shift+[ NavigationFastForward=L NavigationPausePlay= NavigationPauseRecord= NavigationPlay=K NavigationPlayFromHere=H NavigationRewind=J NavigationSetCursor=Ctrl+G NavigationSetCursorHere= NavigationSpeedFaster=Shift+L NavigationSpeedNormal=Shift+K NavigationSpeedSlower=Shift+J NavigationStopPlay=Esc NavigationStopRecord=Shift+Esc NavigationTogglePlay1=Ctrl+Space NavigationTogglePlay2=Shift+Space NavigationTogglePlay3=Space OptionColour= OptionControlProperties=F11 OptionFileFormats= OptionKeyboard= OptionStorage= OptionToolBar= OptionWindow= ToolCDReader= ToolControl= ToolCuePoints= ToolEffectChainEditor= ToolExpressionEvaluator= ToolMerger= ToolSpeech= View10Minutes=Shift+5 View10Seconds=Shift+3 View1Hour=Shift+6 View1Minute=Shift+4 View1Second=Shift+2 ViewAll= ViewAutoScroll=Ctrl+L ViewBeginning=Ctrl+Home ViewEnd=Ctrl+End ViewFinish=End ViewPreset=Shift+U ViewPrevious=Shift+P ViewSelection= ViewSpecify=Shift+Y ViewStart=Home ViewVerticalZoomAll=Shift+V ViewVerticalZoomIn=Ctrl+Up ViewVerticalZoomOut=Ctrl+Down ViewViewAll=Shift+A ViewViewSelection=Shift+S ViewZoom10to1=Shift+0 ViewZoom1to1=Shift+1 ViewZoomIn=Shift+Up ViewZoomOut=Shift+Down WheelScroll= WheelSpeed= WheelVolume= WheelZoom= WindowArrangeAll= WindowCascade= WindowClassicControls= WindowHorizontalControls= WindowMinimizeAll= WindowTileHorizontal= WindowTileVertical= WindowVerticalControls= ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq