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390 Chapter 20: Managing Scenes and Projects

•Ifthefileisavailableforcheckout,adialog

opens letting you know that the file is under

version control and asking you if you want to

check it out before making edits. Click Yes.

• If another user has the file checked out, a

dialog opens notifying you of this and telling

youthatyouwon’tbeabletosaveedits.Click

OK to open the file in read-only mode. If

you attempt to save this file, a dia log appears

notifying you that the scene file is read-only

and w i ll not be overwritten.

5. If you attempt to open a different fi le or use

the N ew or Reset command while the file is

checked out, a dialog appears asking if you want

to check the files back in. Enter a comment, if

appropriate, and then click OK to check the file

in.

Alternatively,ifyoujustwanttocreateanew

version on the provider, turn on Keep Checked

Out and then click OK. A new version will be

created, but the file will still be check ed out to

you.

Inter face

Note: If you haven’t set a working folder, the

followingdialogappearswhenyouattemptto

open a file from the vault:

After you click OK, the Browse For Folder dialog

opens, which you can use to specify a working

folder .

Open R ecent

File menu > Open Recent

Open recent displays a list of recently opened and

saved files. The list is sorted in chronological

order,withthemostrecentfilesatthetop.

Procedure

To change the number of files displayed in the Open

Recent list:

Choose Customize > Preferences > Files tab >

File Handling.

2. SetavalueforRecentFilesInFileMenu.The

upper limit is 50.

Save

File menu > Save

Keyboard > Ct rl +S

Saveupdatesthecurrentscenebyoverwritingthe

last save of the scene. If no s cene was previously

saved, this command works like Save As (page

3–391).