Pro Tools | First Main Windows : Transport Window : Basic Transport Controls and Counters : Record
 
Record
Arms Pro Tools for recording (the button flashes). Clicking Play then starts recording on record-enabled tracks only.
*You can also begin recording immediately by pressing F12, or pressing Command+Spacebar (Mac) or Control+Spacebar (Windows).
Right-clicking the Record button lets you select the record mode from a pop-up menu:
Normal
Loop
QuickPunch
You can also cycle through the Pro Tools record modes with the Transport stopped, by Control-clicking (Mac) or Start-clicking (Windows) the Record button.
The Record button changes to indicate the currently selected mode: blank for Nondestructive, a loop symbol for Loop Record, or “P” for QuickPunch.