Check the view menu, make sure that the plug-in chainer or the plug-in manager is not checked or something else. Sometimes if you hit the letter p by mistake or other leters, things like the panner become active which take away the focuse from the main sound window... HTH, D!J!X! _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:32 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] selecting in soundforge Hi, I'm trying to select a certain area in a file in soundforge by using the shift + page down or left and right arrows. It's not moving anywhere when I try and do this. Is there something i'm missing, or is there something i might have deactivated accidentally? Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1