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New
With File > New, you can create a new project.
- This will close the current project.
If there are unsaved changes, you will be asked for saving.
At this point, you also can abort the action.
- A file select dialog asks for the new project’s file name.
If you cancel the dialog the action is aborted.
- After the csv file is created, you will be prompted to open it
for data input. See “Open project file”.
Open…
With File > Open or Ctrl-O,
you can open an existing project file.
- This will close the current project.
If there are unsaved changes, you will be asked for saving.
At this point, you also can abort the action.
- A file select dialog asks for the new project’s file name.
If you cancel the dialog the action is aborted.
Reload
With File > Reload or Ctrl-R,
you can overwrite the project in the memory
with the last saved version.
Tip
This way you can undo changes made in the current session.
Open project file
With File > Open project file, you can open the current project file
with your standard application for .csv files.
- If there are unsaved changes, you will be asked for saving.
At this point, you also can abort the action.
- After editing and saving the project file, you can update the
timeline view via “Reload” (see above).
Save
With File > Save or Ctrl-S,
you can save the project.
Save as…
With File > Save as… or Ctrl-Shift-S,
you can save the project with another file name/at another place.
- A file select dialog opens to specify the new path and file name.
- Your current project remains as saved the last time. Changes since
then apply to the new project.
Close
With File > Close,
you can close the project without exiting the program.
- You will be asked for saving changes.
At this point, you also can abort the action.
Quit/Exit
- Under Windows you can exit with File > Exit or
Alt-F4.
- Otherwise you can exit with File > Quit or
Ctrl-Q.
- When exiting the program, you will be asked for saving changes.
At this point, you also can abort the action.