How to get there
Click the Selection Tool 
, and select a region of measures. From the Utilities
Menu, choose Check Notation, then Check Elapsed Time. Or press the 5 key
with selected measures.
What it does
This dialog box gives the following information: (1) the amount of time that has passed from the beginning of the piece to the beginning of the selected region; (2) the time that has passed from the beginning of the piece to the end of the selected region; and (3) the total time of the selected region itself (all in thousandths of a second).
Tip: This information is useful when composing music that must last an exact amount of time such as jingles for commercials.
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