Determining duration of sequence of clips

Hi,
In FCP 4.5 - I know how to measure a single clip's duration on the timeline, but is there an easy method to measure the time duration of a larger sequence of clips?
I realize I can look at the start timeline timecode and the ending one and compute the diff, but that's a bit tedious when you have a number of these to do.
thanks
'mark

In the timeline, set your IN at the beginning of the group of clips and the OUT at the end. Look in the upper left corner of the CANVAS. That is the duration between your in and out.
Cheers,
x

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