Audio transitions in iMovie 10

Is there a way to do an audio dissolve between two sections of a clip? I was able to cut a section of unwanted audio and paste in another section of audio. However, at the beginning and end of the new audio, there is a slight break in the audio that I'd like to eliminate. There should be a way to dissolve between those sections so that there is no break between those transition points. If there is, I can't find it anywhere. (And how does one access the Inspector?) This is with iMovie 10 on Mavericks.

Thanks for the responce but unfortunately Precision Editor is greyed out just like all of the other editing tools. I hope Apple is working on a fix because I have some videos I'm trying to finish.

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