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The Backstage swaps view lists the handovers detected from your mic allocations. Use it to review the running order of changes and monitor their completion during a performance.

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Reading the list

Each handover identifies:
  • The mic.
  • The outgoing and incoming wearer, or Mic table.
  • The scene in which the handover is placed.
The list is sorted chronologically by scene. A mic can appear several times as it moves between wearers throughout the show.

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How timing is determined

StageMic places a handover:
  • In the receiving scene when assignments are consecutive.
  • In the first unassigned scene after the outgoing wearer when there is a gap.
  • At the explicit return or collection point when Mic table is used.
See Understanding Handovers for examples.

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Reviewing the plan

Check the list against entrances, exits and the practical time available for each change. StageMic derives the list from the plot. It does not know whether someone is onstage, how long a costume change takes or where the crew will meet them. To change a detected handover, edit the allocations, actor links or scene structure that produce it. The swaps list is not a separate allocation plan.

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Marking a handover completed

The status control at the right of each row lets you change its completion state:
  • Clicking ○ marks a pending handover completed.
  • Clicking ✓ marks a completed handover incomplete.
Completed rows turn green. Changes are shared with connected backstage displays. The computer controls can correct handovers throughout the show, rather than only those in the current scene.

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Resetting before a performance

Select Reset all completions and confirm to return the current show’s handovers to pending. Do this before each performance if you use completion tracking. Moving between scenes does not reset completion states.

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After editing the plot

Changes to a handover’s wearer, actor links or timing can create a new handover identity. Review completion tracking after substantial plot edits. Before the next performance, reset all completions so that the status reflects that performance. Completion records are stored on the controlling computer, separately from the .mic show file.

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Printing

Choose Print → Backstage swaps to print the handover plan. The printed report excludes completion controls, green completion highlighting and live completion counts. It shows the planned changes rather than progress from a particular performance. See Handover Completion for backstage display controls.