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title: Zone Message
slug: legacy-docs/zone-message
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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 Zone Message event, combined with the [Send Zone Message](docId\:lG8iLYdnIB0PL8tvxTKBo) command, to synchronize content between zones. This event is compatible with all state types, while the [Link Zones](docId\:bFPK49AKhK3CiQQukYzTd) event only works with video and image states; however, the Link Zones event provides better synchronization times because it pre-loads the next image/video file before displaying it.

Zone Message events can be used with Synchronize events to synchronize zones in a multi-screen presentation, while Link Zones events cannot be used with Synchronization events.

In the **Specify zone message** field, enter the message that is sent by the corresponding Send Zone Message command.

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