Here's an overview of QuickEditor's main controls: (Note that Balloon Help is available too):

As you can see QuickEditor's interface is very much VCR-like. The Time display follows the SMPTE TimeCode guidelines. The time is represented in Hours:Minutes:Seconds.Frames.

In the NTSC standard there is 30 frames per second. So one second will be displayed like that: 0:00:01.00 . (0 hour, 0 minutes, 1 second and 0 frame).
Two and a half seconds would be 0:00:02:15 . (2 second and 15 frames)

In Pal and Secam, there is only 25 frames per second. so two and a half seconds would be : 0:00:02.12 . (2 second and 12 frames)

Now that you know how to move through a movie, let's see how you can select a sequence for editing or place marks.

Many operations in QuickEditor are performed on "Selected Sequences". A Selected Sequence is a sequence you define with Start and End points, like the one in this example:

Just go to the Beginning of the sequence of interest and press the 'Start' Button. Go to the end of that sequence and press the 'End' button. You should get something like the picture to the left. The Sequence between the S and E marks is your Selected Sequence.

Numeric Keypad shortcuts have been added to speed up the editing. The picture to the left describes the keypad and the corresponding function of each key. The action will take place on the panel the cursor is on.

Example: if you type '3' on the keypad (which means 'play') and the cursor of the mouse in over the MOVIE Panel, the Movie will start playing (if one is open, of course).
If the cursor had been over the AUDIO CLIP panel, the Audio Clip would have started playing.