.. _Main menu:

Main menu
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The main menu contains some, but not all, commands. Some commands are duplicated or exclusively offered by either :ref:`keyboard` or :ref:`console` interactions. 

Here are the description of the command in the main menu: 

File:
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* **New**: Clear the workspace (removing all the objects, fit model details, etc).
* **Open**: Open a file with saved working progress. Typically this files have .spv extension.
* **Save**: Save working progress to a file (last one). Be careful, if you by mistake overwrite the important file, than you can find its backup at ``temp/savedfile.spv``.
* **Save as**: Save working progress to a file with choice of the preferences and filename.
* **Import spectrum**: Import spectrum from the file. It can automatically understand several formats, including ascii, fits (from various instruments)
* **Import 2d spectrum**: Currently works only with ESO formats.
* **Import list**: Import the spectra from the file contains the list of paths.
* **Import folder**: Import all the spectra in specified folder.
* **Export spectrum**: Export 1d spectrum to file.
* **Export 2d spectrum**:
* **Import data**: Export some data (e.g. continuum, fit model) to the files

View:
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Lines
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Fit
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1d spec
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2d spec
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Combine
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SDSS
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Samples
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Generate
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Observations
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Help
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