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Home and End
: Use these to move to the beginning or end of a sequence if the 
Timeline is active or to the first or last clip in the Project panel if it’s active.
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Page Up and Page Down
: Use these to move to the beginning or end of the 
selected clip or next edit point in the Timeline or to the top or bottom clip 
currently displayed in the Project panel.
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Asterisk (*)
: This adds a marker. The asterisk key on the numeric keypad (not 
Shift+8) adds a marker to the Timeline. (Markers will be covered in more detail 
in Lesson 21.)
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S
: Pressing S turns on or turns off the Snap feature (the little two-pronged icon 
in the upper-left corner of the Timeline). You can toggle Snap on or off even 
while dragging or trimming a clip.
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Alt/Option
: This shortcut temporarily unlinks audio and video. Press the Alt 
(Windows) or Option (Mac OS) key as you click the video or audio portion of 
a linked audio/video clip to unlink that portion, enabling you to trim or move 
that portion of the clip without affecting the other portion.
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Alt+[ and Alt+] (Windows) 
or
 Option+[ and Option+] (Mac OS)
: This 
shortcut sets the work area bar’s end points (shown here). If you want to render 
or export part of your project, you need to set the beginning and end of that 
section. Pressing Alt+[ (Windows) or Option+[ (Mac OS) sets the beginning 
to wherever the current-time indicator edit line is. Pressing Alt+] (Windows) 
or Option+] (Mac OS) sets the end. You can simply drag the ends of the bar 
to those points as well. The work area bar end points will snap to the clip 
edit points.
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Ctrl+T/Command+T
: Pressing Ctrl+T (Windows) or Command+T (Mac OS) 
opens the Titler.
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 Note:
When viewing 
the Timeline panel 
in audio units, the 
clip will move by the 
specified number of 
audio samples.
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 Note:
The current-
time indicator does not 
snap to items—items 
snap to it. If the 
current-time indicator 
did snap to edit points, 
moving the current-
time indicator through 
the sequence would 
become a jumpy mess.
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 Note:
Double-
clicking the center 
of the work area bar 
sets the bar’s ends to 
the visible area of the 
sequence or to the full 
length of the sequence 
if it’s visible in its 
entirety in the Timeline.

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