Can't fade audio region with multiple takes

Question

Audio track: I have some sections of a song with a single vocal take on the track (individual audio regions), and others with multiple takes. On the single takes, I can use the crossfade tool, no problem.
On the sections where there are multiple takes and a few edits, I cannot fade. I drag the fade tool at the front of this region and it does not fade. In fact, the highlight color is green as opposed to blue (when it works on individual, single-take regions).
How do I use the fade tool on an audio track where there are multiple takes?
(Please don't tell me I have to bounce this section of audio and re-import it...)
(There is nothing in the manual on this. I checked: pages 343-345 discuss fades in this regard but there is no mention of it not working for a multiple take audio region.)

Answer 1

You don't need to bounce the track, but you do need to collapse the takes into a single track. Do your comping until you have the track you want, then use the little menu button at the end of the track to fold everything into a single track (I forget the correct terminology, but it's pretty obvious when you open the menu), then fade to your heart's content.