# Save graph (dialog)

The “Save graph” dialog is used to enter a name and a directory for an exported graph.

## Activating the dialog

The dialog can be activated:

1. from the “Air mass curve” dialog: menu File ‣ Export.

2. from the “Light curve” dialog: menu File ‣ Export.

3. from the “Track curve” dialog: menu File ‣ Export.

## The basic dialog

The “Save graph dialog” dialog (basic form)

In its basic form, as shown above, the dialog consists of a text box (1) to assign a name to the file, and a drop-down list of bookmarks (2) to select a directory to save it in.

If the directory you want is not in the list of bookmarks, click on “Browse for other folders” button (3) to expand the dialog to its full form.

Click on the “Save” button (4) to continue.

## Browsing the directories

The “Save graph dialog” dialog (with browser)

(10) Here, you can access to your main folders and to your store devices.

(11) The middle panel displays a list of the files in the current directory. Change your current directory by double left-clicking on a directory in this panel. Select a file with a single left click. You can then replace the file you have selected by clicking on the Save button. Note that a double left click start the operation.

(12) Above the middle panel, the path of the current directory is displayed. You can navigate along this path by clicking on one of the buttons.

You can right click on the middle panel to access the “Show Hidden Files” command.

(13) Enter the file name of the new image file here.

(14) This drop-down list is only available in the basic form of the dialog. It provides a list of bookmarks for selecting a directory in which to save your file. click on “Browse for other folders” button (15) to shrink the dialog to its basic form.

(16) Here, you can add bookmarks to folders, by using the “Add” or the “Add to Bookmarks” option you get by right-clicking a folder in the central panel, and also remove them.

(17) By clicking the Add button, you add the selected folder to bookmarks. By clicking the Remove, you remove the selected bookmark from the list.

If you want to save the image into a folder that doesn’t yet exist, you can create it by clicking on “Create Folder” button (18) and following the instructions.

Click on the “Save” button (19) to continue.