Splitting events to speed things up

I followed the simple instructions of marking a clip as the first clip in a new event folder. But under File.....the clip split function is gray...nothing. I tried it every way, including removing audio from the clip, still nothing.
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I followed the simple instructions of marking a clip as the first clip in a new event folder. But under File.....the clip split function is gray...nothing
This option is only available when any clip OTHER THAN THE FIRST is selected in an EVENT WINDOW. If the first clip or no clip at all is selected in the event window, then the option will remain grayed out.

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