IMovie Rewind Clip not working

Hi, From iMovie Tutorial I should be able to Modify a clip ie Slow Motion, Instant Replay, Rewind. When I highlight the clip in project and then go up to my Modify button, open table the buttons for Slow Motion etc all have the speed & % keys in grey (not black) how can I enable these keys to work? My iMovie version is 10.0.1
Thanks Wylo

After muddling around for longer than I want to admit, I discovered that once I made a movie project, I could use the Stabilization button. The other editing buttons worked on the clips directly before added to a movie, so I expected Stabilization to do the same.

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Button within a movie clip not working

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i trying to make a movie and i made loads in the past, and managed to get audio over a cut away. For some odd reason it is now not working, it is on one of the clips, but even with that it chooses when it wants to work, on a few it has a yellow triangle with ! in it, and i thought o i moved file location, so i even replaced it, and it did not work, :/ i have tried turning the speaker thing off and deattaching the orignal audio clip and movign the new clip of audio in and delete the actule clip one, that did not work, i tried having both playing at same time that did not work, just the orginal sound thing, i know the sound is there as when i have it on itunes on the right i can click play n it plays, but it ownt in movie, i have also closed down all paths so its not open anywhere else. it is stressing me out sooooo much and any help is appricahted, i just cant understand why it all worked yesterday but it wont today and on any other new footage n clips i place in. :'(
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Please mark this post "solved" to the right of my name (you'll need to log-on to the forum). Helpful for others looking for a solved solution to a similar question, also helpful for me.
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I know this question has been raised before and it usually
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