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To add an empty target to a job
Do one of the following:
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Select one or more jobs and choose Target > Add Target. This adds an empty target to
the jobs.
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Select one or more jobs and Control-click in an empty area of one of them, then choose
Target > Add Target. This adds an empty target to the jobs.
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Click the Add (+) button of an existing target.
You can also copy one or more targets from one job to another.
To copy targets to another job by dragging
1 Select the targets to copy.
2 Press the Option key and then drag the targets to the new job.
To delete targets
Do one of the following:
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Select one or more targets and press Delete.
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Click the Delete (–) button in a target.
About Adding and Copying Jobs
Jobs are most often created by adding source media files to a batch. You can use several
other methods to add jobs to a batch. Additionally, you can chain jobs in a batch to set
the order in which the files are transcoded once they are submitted.
To add an empty job to a batch
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Choose Jobs > New Job.
To delete a job from a batch
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Select the job and press the Delete key.
To copy jobs from one batch to another
Do one of the following:
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Open each batch in its own window and drag the jobs from one window to the other.
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Select the jobs to be copied, press Command-C, select the batch to copy them to, and
then press Command-V.
About Chaining Jobs
Chaining jobs is useful when you need to apply multiple settings to a source media file,
but need to have each setting applied after the previous one has finished. This makes it
possible to control the order in which the settings are able to modify the source media
file.
119Chapter 8 Finalizing Jobs and Submitting Batches