One last important aspect which deserves a special mention here is the item properties dialog. You can access this dialog by selecting any item, and then pressing shift plus f2. From here you can change many things about them. Their position, duration, the rate at which they play, fades for them. The nudge/set dialog can be accessed from here as well, which is another way to be able to move items especially by larger distances. You can also select many items at once and change their properties here, by using multiplier or dividing values such as:
== final thoughts ==
*typing 10.0.00 in the length box will set them all to be 10 bars long
*typing an asterisk and the number 2, *2 will double their current respective lengths
*typing a slash and 2, /2 will halve their current respective lengths.