User Manual

Changing Project and User Names
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For more information, see “Using the Hardware Tool” on page 116.
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Quit your Avid editing application before you turn off your equipment.
To turn off your equipment:
1. Turn off the system by doing the following:
For a Windows system:
a. Click the Start button, and select Shut Down.
The Shut Down Windows dialog box opens.
b. Click the menu, and select Shut down.
c. Click OK.
For a Macintosh system:
t Select Apple menu > Shut Down.
2. If you have an Avid input/output device attached to your system, turn it off.
3. Turn off peripheral devices (such as monitors and speakers).
4. Turn off external storage devices.
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Never remove media drives from your Avid system when it is turned on. Shut down the
computer, and then remove the drives.
5. Turn off all other hardware.
Changing Project and User Names
You cannot change project or user names from within your Avid editing application. You must
change the names from your desktop before you start your Avid editing application. For
information about the location of the Avid Projects and Avid Users folders, see “Avid Projects
and Avid Users Folders” on page 46.
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When you change a user name or a project name, make sure you change the name of the
folder and all the files in the folder that have the old name. Your Avid editing application
does not automatically change the names of corresponding files in the folder.
To change a project name or user name:
1. Navigate to the Avid Projects or Avid Users folder, and then double-click the folder to open
it.
2. Click the name of the folder you want to change.
The name highlights.