Hi Ron, If you press [ during playback, then this moves the cursor to the position where you pressed the key. If you press ] during playback, then this selects a time range from the cursor to the position where you pressed. So, if during playback you press [ and then ] you'll select a time range starting where you pressed [ and ending where you pressed ]. You can't delete to the left/right of a selection. However you can select a time range to the right or left of the cursor. For example, if you press shift + k, this selects a time range from the cursor to the end of the audio in the selected tracks. If you press shift + j, this selects a time range from the cursor to the start of the audio in the selected tracks. David. ________________________________ From: Ron <facup1927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2013, 18:20 Subject: [audacity4blind] labels and selections Hi all. Could some kind person please explain the difference between the above? I know that [ and ] marks the left and right boundaries when playing something, but can't work out how to delete to the left/right of a selection. I am thinking that a label is a mark and confusing the two. Hope this makes some kind of sense. Ron The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe