Instruction Manual

318 Arranging
Arranging Clips
Working with Partial Clips
Working with Linked Clips
Locking Clips
You can lock a clip so that it can’t be accidentally modified or deleted. You
can lock the clip’s position and/or its data.
To Lock or Unlock a Clip’s Position and/or Data
1. Right-click the clip, and choose Clip Properties from the popup menu
to open the Clip Properties dialog.
2. In the Clip Properties dialog, click the Lock checkbox.
3. If you’re locking the clip, use the dropdown menu next to the Lock
checkbox to choose what clip attributes you want to lock:
• Position and Data—this choice locks position and data, and
causes a lock icon to appear on the clip .
• Position Only—this choice locks position only, and causes a
yellow lock icon with the clasp unlocked to appear on the clip .
• Data Only—this choice locks data only, and causes a blue lock
icon with the clasp unlocked to appear on the clip .
4. Click OK.
Or
1. Select a clip.
2. Use one of the following commands:
• Edit-Clip Lock-Lock Position—in lock mode, this choice locks
position only, and causes a yellow lock icon with the clasp unlocked
to appear on the clip, If data is already locked, then both position
and data become locked, and a “locked” lock icon appears on the
clip. In unlock mode, if both position and data are locked, and you
unlock position, then the blue “unlocked” lock icon appears on the
clip, meaning that only data is locked.
• Edit-Clip Lock-Lock Data—in lock mode, this choice locks data
only, and causes a blue lock icon with the clasp unlocked to appear
on the clip. If position is already locked, then both position and data
become locked, and a “locked” lock icon appears on the clip. In
unlock mode, if both position and data are locked, and you unlock