Hi Stephanie: you have to go to the process menu and choos Slide. in the edit box write -6 the next tab should say measures click OK. that's it good luck William ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Pieck To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:09 AM Subject: [ddots-l] how to delete empty measures at end of SONAR file I have six empty measures at the end of a SONAR file. I have tried cutting, deleting, and using the Delete dialog with markers to get rid of this area of silence with no success. Any other things I can do? I really don't want all that silence at the end of the piece!! Stephanie