Hi Jen
I may be covering some things you already know, in which case apologies
for that.
Having recorded some audio, save it from the file menu. When you save
an Audacity project both a file and a folder are created. Let's say you
save a project with the name jen. A file called jen.aup and a folder
called jen_data will be created. The .aup extension stands for Audacity
project. As a bytheway, if you copy your jen.aup file to another
folder, be sure to copy the folder as well or there will be doom and
gloom when you try to open the project. The same applies if you rename
the file; you must also rename the folder to match.
Now to the crux of your question. There are two options. The first is
to open the file from Audacity. Having opened Audacity, simply open the
file called jen.aup. Control-o is the fastest way of getting to the open
file dialog or you can go through the file menu. If your file is not in
the folder where Audacity has focus you will have to go hunting for it
and that can be a bit tedious.
The second option is to find the file with File Explorer and press
Enter. The potential catch there is that the .aup extension may not be
associated with Audacity and you will be asked to choose which program
to use to open the file. In that case you will need to associated it
with Audacity. The exact steps for doing that vary between Windows
versions, so I won't go any further down that path at this stage.
You didn't ask about playing audio you have recorded with other
software, but in case you are (or will) contemplating that, you need to
export the project from the Audacity file menu.
Andrew
On 13/06/2016 8:08 AM, Jennifer Bose wrote:
Hi, listers.
I would very mukch appreciate your help with a basic question in
Audacity: How do I open saved Audacity projects so I can edit the
audio I recorded? Thanks.
Jen
