| Controls

Toolbar Controls

| Record - If not recording, start recording. If recording, button is red and pressing it stops recording.
| Play - If not playing, start playing. If playing, button is blue and pressing it stops playback.
| Rewind - During playback, rewind (at 4x speed). Glows blue when rewinding, in which case the pressing it will stop rewinding.
| Fast Forward - During playback, fast forward (at 4x speed). Glows blue when fast forwarding, in which case the pressing it will stop fast forwarding.
| Jump Back - During playback, jump back a few seconds. This is useful if you click somewhere and just want to go back a few seconds to catch the beginning of a sentence.
| Pause - During recording, stop recording. During playback, pause playback.
| Playhead - Playhead for use during playback. You can click on this to jump to a point in the recording, or drag the playhead around to scan within the document.
| Search for Notes - Opens the Search for Notes window.
| Timer - Shows the current time. If you click this, it will show the total time.

Other Controls

There are other controls in Pear Note, which are detailed elsewhere. These include:

- Slide change controls, discussed in Recording Slide Changes
- Playback mode lock/unlock controls, discussed in Playback Modes