Sliding audio IN/OUT point in smaller increments than a single frame.

Hello there...
I saw this work-flow on the forum a while ago, and i've searched the archives but can't remember what the original thread was about/titled...
I am having to cut a lengthy interview down, removing 'ummm's and generally cutting out individual words... you know the score...
I have one word I really can't get a clean cut on. The playhead rests just before or just after the moment the next word comes in... there IS a tiny gap on the audio waveform... i just can't get the playhead on it...
The solution i saw here by the one-and-only Shane Ross involved double-clicking to send it to viewer, then holding down <shift> and sliding the... the what? the playhead? the OUT point marker...
I've been fiddling for a while now, and can't get it right... grrr!
Shane (or anyone else!)... can you advise me?
Message was edited by: James M.

the info you're after is contained in the thead here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4740000&#4740000
but i don;t think you want to really slip the audio unless it is truly out of sync with the video ... in your case you probably just want to zoom right in on the timeline and edit the audio level to mute as required. audio keyframes can be placed and edited at up to 1/100th frame intervals

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