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--- en:documentation:menufile [2009/01/06 19:58] – marc_fokker
+++ en:documentation:menufile [2016/01/18 16:24] (current) – admin
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 ====== File Menu ======
-The **File** menu includes the following options
-  * [[menufile#New Chart]]
-  * [[menufile#Open]]
-  * [[menufile#Save As]]
-  * [[menufile#Close Chart]]
-  * [[menufile#Reset chart and options]]
-  * [[menufile#Calendar]]
-  * [[menufile#Variable Stars]]
-  * [[menufile#Save Image...]]
-  * [[menufile#Print]]
-  * [[menufile#Printer Setup]]
-  * [[menufile#Exit]]
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 After creating a new chart you can arrange the charts through the [[menuwindow|Window]] menu. You can  maximize, minimize, close or even resize each chart by dragging the right and bottom edges.
 ===== Open =====
-This option allows you to open a previously saved sky chart with its own configuration of the location and time.
+Use this to open a previously saved sky chart with its own configuration of the location and time.
 ===== Save As... =====
-It saves the currently active sky chart into a file that can be loaded in the future with the [[menufile#Open]] option.
+This saves the active sky chart to a file that you can reload in the future with the [[menufile#Open]] option.
 ===== Close Chart =====
-This will close the active chart in case you have more than one sky chart open.
+This will close the active chart, only when you have more than one chart open.
-===== Reset chart and options =====
+===== Save Image... =====
+The active sky chart is saved as an image. It is possible to select PNG, JPEG or BMP format for the file.
-Reset the chart and the options to the last saved configuration. The result is the same as when you would close the map without saving followed by restarting the program.
-===== Calendar =====
-This function informs you about some astronomical phenomenona for a given time period.
-The window is composed of seven areas:
+===== Print =====
-  * an **input** area. Look at [[calendar_input_area|this page]] for further details.
+{{ en:documentation:print.png?300|}}
-  * a **Twilight** tab. Look at [[calendar_twilight|this page]] for further details.
-  * a **Planet** tab. Look at [[calendar_planet|this page]] for further details.
-  * a **Comet** tab. Look at [[calendar_comet|this page]] for further details.
-  * a **Asteroid** tab. Look at [[calendar_asteroid|this page]] for further details.
-  * a **Solar Eclipses** tab. Look at [[calendar_solar_eclipses|this page]] for further details.
-  * a **Lunar Eclipses** tab. Look at [[calendar_lunar_eclipses|this page]] for further details.
-===== Variable Stars =====
+The Print dialog box enables you to choose your settings for the 'printer-target', regardless if this is a real printer or a file.
-Launch the Variable Stars Observer program.
+You can select to print a header with the description text, and a footer with the chart legend.
+Printing can be done in the colours as on the screen or in black&white. The orientation, the paper margins and number of copies can also be selected.\\
+If the printer is set to .bmp file is also possible to choose printing method to reversed black&white (with black background sky).
+The default orientation is Landscape to better match the screen format and get a print result similar to what is displayed on the screen. If you want to print in Portrait orientation it is recommended to resize the screen window to this format to adjust the framing and objects visibility.
-===== Save Image... =====
+\\ \\
-The active sky chart is saved as an image. It is possible to select PNG, JPEG or BMP format for the file.
+===== Print Preview=====
+This option is only visible when you select a real printer in Printer Setup below.
+It show a preview of the printed output using the current settings in order to save some paper when you adjust this options.
-===== Print =====
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-{{ en:documentation:print.jpg|}}
-The Print dialog box enables you to choose your settings for the 'printer-target', regardless if this is a real printer or a file.
-Printing can be done in colour as in the screen, in black&white or in reversed black&white (with black background sky). The orientation and the paper margins can also be selected.
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 ===== Printer Setup =====
 {{  en:documentation:print_setup.jpg|}}
 Configures the printer to print the screen content. There are three options:
   - System Printer: It enables you to configure a real printer.
-  - Postscript: It enables you [[menufile#print]] to a postscript file. It requires you to have  Ghostscript and GsView32 installed and a correctly configured path. It will only work with version 7.xx of GsView32.
+  - Postscript: It enables you [[menufile#print]] to a postscript file. This is the way to go if you want a vector file you can further convert to PDF or SVG. On Windows it requires you to have  Ghostscript and GsView32 installed and a correctly configured path to view the result. It will only work with version 7.xx of GsView32.
   - Bitmap file: It enables you to print the chart to a BMP file. It is required to have a correctly configured path to the MsPaint executable.
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 Just that, exits the program ''Cartes du Ciel''
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