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Chapter 25 Preferences, project settings, and key commands 846
General preferences
Project Handling preferences
The Project Handling pane contains the following project startup and template preferences:
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Startup Action pop-up menu: Denes what happens when Logic Pro is opened.
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Do Nothing: Nothing happens when Logic Pro is opened; you need to create a new project,
or open an existing project or template.
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Open Most Recent Project: Opens the project you were working on when you last closed
Logic Pro.
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Open Existing Project: Shows the Open dialog, which you can use to browse for an
existing project.
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Create New Project from Template: Opens the Templates dialog.
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Create New Empty Project: Opens an empty project with the New Tracks dialog, which you
use to specify the type and number of new tracks to add.
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Create New Project using Default Template: Opens the default template and the Save As
dialog, which you use to name and save your project.
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Ask: Opens a Startup dialog, oering each of the above options.
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Default Template eld: Displays the full path and name of the default template or project.
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in Advanced preferences, the following is available:
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“Export MIDI File saves single MIDI Regions as Format 0” checkbox: If only one MIDI region is
selected when you use the File > Export > Selection as MIDI File command, the contents of
the region are saved in MIDI le format 0. This le format is guaranteed to be compatible with
every MIDI le player.
When Advanced Editing is selected in Advanced preferences, the following is available:
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“When opening a project, ask to ‘Close current project(s)?’” checkbox: If selected and you open
a new project before closing the old one, a dialog asks whether or not the current project
should be closed. If unselected, you aren’t prompted and the current project remains open.