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5.If a user is sharing projects, this is indicated by a plus-sign beside the 
user name. Click the plus-sign to display a list of the projects shared 
by this user.
If there are shared projects you can join, these are indicated by the 
text “You can join” in green.
6.To join a project, select it and click the “Join Project” button (or just 
double click the project name in the list).
A dialog appears, allowing you to specify the project folder.
The “Join Project” button.
7.Select a...

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Disconnecting from projects
If you have joined a project and want to stop working on it, you do this 
by deactivating the network. When you deactivate the network during 
work with a shared project, you will disconnect from it. However, you 
will still have access to the project in the future as long as the owner 
shares it with you. The next time you connect to the network, the 
project will still be shared with you (unless the owner has changed the 
permissions) and you can join it...

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•To reactivate the network, check the item “Active” on the Network 
menu again.
•A dialog will then appear, asking you to confirm that you want to re-
connect to the network.
If the project is accessible on the network, you will rejoin it and all the project files will 
be loaded (see below).
Working with shared projects
The following are some general descriptions about the common pro-
cedures for working with shared projects over a network.
Any user who has write access to the...

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• If the Network tab in the Inspector is orange, this indicates that you have only 
read access to the track, and can’t make changes to it.
The Network section contains a host of controls which are used for a 
number of network related functions for the track:
• In addition to the above, the Network section also displays the user name of 
the owner of a project you join.
• Note that you can also customize Nuendo so that the four main network 
control buttons (update, auto update,...

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Committing changes
To a track
When you have made changes to a track, proceed as follows to com-
mit them and make them known to the users in the network:
1.Open the Network section for the track in the Inspector by clicking its 
tab.
If you have set things up so that the commit button is available in the track list, as de-
scribed above, you don’t have to use the Inspector. Note that the track must be se-
lected in the track list.
2.Click the button “Commit changes on this track”....

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Loading changes
When other users have made changes to a track and committed them 
over the network, the “Load available update” button in the network 
controls for the corresponding track will light up in blue to indicate 
that you can load the changes and update the project.
The “Load available update” button is located in the Network section 
of the Inspector. However, when working with shared projects, you 
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The “Update Mastertrack…” button is not visible in the toolbar by de-
fault. If you want it to be visible, you need to customize the toolbar to 
show the Network controls, as described in the Nuendo Operation 
Manual chapter “Customizing”.
• Note that you can undo an update! If you have loaded an available up-
date, you can select “Undo Net Update” from the Edit menu. Similarly, 
you can “undo the undo” by selecting “Redo NetUpdate”.
Locking tracks
If you have write permission for a...

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About network communication problems
In any network, occasionally, connections may be lost.
Whenever network communication with a participant fails, Nuendo 
will automatically initiate a communication verification process, and 
at
tempt to re-establish the lost connection:
•When Nuendo performs the verification process, a window appears, 
showing a status bar for its progress.
•After the verification process, a dialog will appear.
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Chatting with Other Users on the Network
When you are connected to the network, it is possible to chat with 
other users to discuss changes you are making to shared projects. To 
chat with all other users on the network, select “Open Global Chat”. 
To chat only with the users working on the currently shared project, 
select “Open Project Chat”. The chat window (either for global chat-
ting or for chatting to users of the current project) will open allowing 
you to send text messages...

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The Network dialogs
To round off this document, we will provide a break-down of the three 
Network dialogs and their contents.
The Project Sharing and Permissions dialog
This dialog is where you specify the user permissions for the active 
project before sharing it, either on a project basis, a track basis or 
both.
The dialog is dominated by three lists:
•The Project & Tracks list.
This lists all the tracks in the project, including the Tempo track and the signature track....