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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_jrn_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">To play a journal:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Do one of the following: * Click Play  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_play.gif" border="0"> on the Journal toolbar * Press Alt+F8 * From the main menu, select Tools&rarr;Journal&rarr;Play This displays the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('shared_func/tls_jrn_managerdlg_op.html');return(false);">Journal Manager dialog box</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select a journal from the &quot;Recently Accessed Journals&quot; listbox or click Browse and navigate to another journal and select it.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click Run.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">When you click Run, the journal executes in its entirety with no pauses or interruptions unless you have manually added such a routine to the journal. You can execute only one journal at a time.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Playing a Visual Basic journal using <b class="uiTerm">Tools</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Journal</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Play</b> is limited to the Windows platform only. However, you can record a journal on any supported NX platform. You can record a journal in Java or C++, compile it, and then execute it using <b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Execute</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">NX Open</b>.
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