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Welcome, Audacity manual editors!

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Audacity User's Manual


This manual is a work in progress. It relates to the current Beta release (1.3.13), not 1.2.5 or 1.2.6! Audacity Beta is the basis for our upcoming 2.0 stable release.

The Audacity Manual current at time of release is included in the Windows .exe or Mac .dmg Audacity installers.

To view the Manual, click Help > Manual (in web browser), or Help > Quick Help (in web browser) to access the "Getting Started" section of the manual. This will load the local Manual files in your web browser, without the need for an internet connection.

If you have obtained the zip version of Audacity or are on Linux, you can download and install the most current Manual here.

There are no complete translations of this Manual to other languages yet. Try here for help in other languages.

Can you help us complete the Manual, or translate it to other languages? If so, please e-mail Gale (gale_AT_audacityteam_DOT_org) to request an account.


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Screenshots: Many screenshots of Audacity in the Manual are of Microsoft Windows 7® operating system; Since Audacity is cross-platform some images might depict variences on other operating systems.

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