Applying Noise Print and Noise Reduction to Entire Sound File

It has been a while since I've opened Soundtrack Pro so I can't quite recall a final step in a noise reduction process I'm attempting:
1. I selected a portion of the track I'm working on that has just the tape hiss I'm trying to reduce.
2. then I selected "Set Noise Print",
3. then "Reduce Noise"
Question: how do I now apply the Reduce Noise setting to the entire track and not just on the portion of the track I sampled for the the Noise Print? I can't remember what the next step is. What am I forgetting here? Thanks.

It was so obvious that I figured it out immediately after the post.
After "Set Noise Print" I reselected the entire track and THEN applied "Reduce Noise".
Maybe getting a full night's sleep sometime would help me figure this sort of thing more quickly on my own.
Bye

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