"Normalize Clip Volume" is grayed out

Sorry for posting such a basic question, but I'm at wits end. I have a very simple movie (iM 8.0.4), a dozen clips or so, and want to "even out" the audio levels. When I select multiple clips (really I want to do the whole movie), open the inspector and click Audio, the Normalize Clip Volume option is not available (it's grayed out). Curiously, when I only have 1 clip selected, that button is available. Thanks, Jeff

You need to do it one clip at a time.
Here is a way to do it for multiple clips that might work, but I have not tried it.:
If you have multiple clips, try setting it to Normalize for the first clip.
Then withe the first clip still selected, EDIT/COPY
Then EDIT/SELECT ALL
Then EDIT/PASTE ADJUSTMENTS/AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS
(But this may over-ride any other audio adjustments you have made clip-by clip and set them all at the settings for the first clip)

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