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All images throughout the manual should be set as "link=" to kill the links - to avoid relocating the user into the alpha Manual. See Consistency for the required syntax.
Gale via forum post: ToDo-2 The hover tooltips for the links on the Manual front page could be much more inventive than just giving the name of the page they are going to.
  • Peter:Indeed - and also in quite a lot of other places in the Manual. I'll try to get some time to look at that.
  • Peter 19Aug14: I experimented with this (there is one example "Getting" started). I am loath to continue with this sub-project as the syntax involved is quite complex. This page is complicated enough already and hard to maintain, introducing complex display-text will make this page a lot more complex and a lot harder to maintain - and make it easier to introduce errors. So my vote is -0.5 for this.
  • Gale 19Aug14: I still think it's a reasonable idea to encourage interaction and learning. I added two more examples. The syntax is [[Page title|<span title="hover text">Display text for link</span>]]. If the display text for the link is the same as the Page title, just give the page title again, as in the Playback Tips example. If you prefer I do this sometime, please just make a user page giving suggestions for the hover text (but it's not P1).
    • Peter 20Aug14: Ok, I've had a long day adding hover texts to much of this page - I decided that utility for the user outweighed readability and editability of the markup text for us editors. I have not touched the content of "Bills-amazing-imagemap" as that looks absolutely fine as is. I don't think it's necessary to provide hover texts for the 1-13 list above the imagemap. I would have tackled the Preferences box , but I don't know how to do that - they are formatted with their own divs.

      ToDo-2Please review the content of the hover texts to ensure they are satisfactory.

  • Gale 22Aug14: Done, mostly reducing or condensing. A big job (as you know) so please check for typos or other mistakes. I opted not to have full stop at the end of a single sentence, given image hover text does not do so. I think the hover text makes the duplicated "Splitting a recording into separate tracks using Labels" in Advanced Topics look silly, so I provisionally removed that duplicate.

    Do we want hover text for the numbered list in the Guide? I would assume yes, and also for the Wiki and Forum links.

  • Peter 23Aug14: I proofread your corrections to the hover texts and found only one typo (I'm impressed). I rippled through one of your changes to the target page. I will work next on the Prefs and then the numbered list.
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Audacity 2.0.6-alpha Development Manual

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Help Resources

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Using Audacity

Reference

Guide to the Project Window

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File MenuEdit MenuView MenuTransport MenuTracks MenuGenerate MenuEffect MenuAnalyze MenuHelp MenuMenu BarPause ButtonPlay ButtonStop ButtonSkip to Start ButtonSkip to End ButtonRecord ButtonTransport ToolbarSelection ToolEnvelope ToolDraw ToolZoom ToolTime Shift ToolMultl-ToolTools ToolbarPlayback MetersRecording MetersMeter Drop-Down MenuMeter Drop-Down MenuMeter ToolbarPlayback SliderRecording SliderMixer ToolbarCut ButtonCopy ButtonPaste ButtonTrim ButtonSilence Audio ButtonUndo ButtonRedo ButtonSync-lock Tracks ButtonZoom In ButtonZoom Out ButtonZoom to Selection ButtonZoom to Fit ButtonEdit ToolbarTranscription ToolbarHost Drop-Down MenuPlayback Device Drop-Down MenuRecording Device Drop-Down MenuRecording Channels Drop-Down MenuDevice ToolbarTimelineTrack Close ButtonTrack Drop-Down MenuTrack InfoMute ButtonSolo ButtonTrack Gain SliderTrack Pan SliderTrack Collapse buttonVertical ScaleLeft Channel of Stereo Audio TrackRight Channel of Stereo Audio TrackTrack Control PanelProject Rate Drop-Down MenuSnap To OptionsSelection ToolbarStatus BarGreenBorders04.png

More Details for the Project Window

Toolbars Overview - including how to arrange Toolbars
Additional Menus on Mac:
Additional Track types:
More Details for Importing and Exporting :

LAME MP3 export and FFmpeg import/export libraries for more formats

On-Demand Loading of uncompressed files

Preferences - changing your settings

Preferences are at the bottom of the Edit menu (or in the Audacity menu on Mac).

Many settings can be changed including keyboard shortcuts and the interface language.

Preferences settings can be reset to default at any time.

Index, Glossary and More

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