Apple Final Cut Express 4 - Manual (Page 407)

Chapter 28 Arranging Clips in the Timeline 407
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Moving Items Within the Timeline
Composing a sequence usually involves plenty of arranging and rearranging of content
in the Timeline. There are a couple of ways to move clips around in the Timeline:
 The fast, visual way is to drag the clips.
 For precise, timecode-based movement, you can select the clips and enter timecode
values in the Current Timecode field.
Moving by Dragging
When dragging a clip to a new location, you can do either an overwrite or insert edit,
depending on your use of a keyboard modifier.
To move a clip to a new position by dragging (and do an overwrite edit):
1 In the Timeline, drag the clip to the desired location. (The pointer looks like a
down arrow.)
2 Release the mouse button.
The arrow pointing down
indicates that an
overwrite edit will be
performed.