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title: Link Zones
slug: legacy-docs/link-zones
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:56:07.599Z
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This page / section pertains to **BrightAuthor Classic**, our legacy app. **BrightSign Author **is our latest app for managing content and players.

Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
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Use the Link Zones event, combined with the [Link Zones command](docId\:lG8iLYdnIB0PL8tvxTKBo), when you require close, millisecond-level synchronization of content between zones on the same player.

The Link Zones event supports video and image states only; use the [Zone Message](docId:049Nu_IKLJjkOjlceH_4Q) event to synchronize other states. The Link Zones event provides better synchronization times than the Zone Message event because it pre-loads the next image/video file before displaying it.

Link Zones events cannot be used in the same presentation as [Synchronize](docId:6SGmDHW0CN4tRt8wKERb4) events; to synchronize zones in a multi-screen presentation, use the Zone Message event.

In the **Specify link keyword** field, enter the message that is sent by the corresponding [Link Zones command](docId\:lG8iLYdnIB0PL8tvxTKBo). 

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A separate Link Zones event and command must be defined for each zone transition you want synchronized.
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