Also when you were editing the mp3 file, did you import it from the file menu, or choose open from the file menu? By importing it I understand that you should be able to use all the editing commands. Hope this helps. On 2011-11-05, at 5:17 PM, Regina Reusser wrote: > Hi all > > Last week I have installed Audacity 1.3.13-beta on my Windows XP netbook with > Jaws 11 on it. > > I have tried to edit a track by using keyboard commands mentionned in the > guide for Jaws users, but Audacity die not react, whiley, funnily, it did > when I choose the commands in the menu bar. > > As described in the manual, I turned the automatic selection of all audio off. > > After having opened the mp3-file I wanted to edit, I did the following to > select a time range and cut it: > play: space bar > Move to beginning of time range: arrows left and right > pause playback: p > Set start of time range: [ > unpause: p > move to the end of the time range: arrows left and right > pause: p > Set end of time range: ] > stop playback: space bar > delete selected time range: delete. > When playing the track, the audio I had selected and deleted was not there > any more like I wanted. But when I exported it to an mp3 file, the deleted > section was in the file again. > My second try was to select a time range as I described above and transferred > it into another track by cut and paste, what did not work as well. > Even my sighted friend who has also installed the same audacity version but > on a Win 7 computer had the same problems using keystrokes. > > Did we misunderstand the manual? Or do I need to install a special script > including the keystrokes explained in the manual? > > Thanks for your help! > Cheers > > Regina Brad Erhardt bookmanbrad@xxxxxxx