# Main menu

Here is the list of all items that can be displayed in the main menu. Please note, that some items may be hidden according to the actual project type. See Projects topic for details.

- Menu Project

  - New - start a new project; see New project (dialog).

  - Open - open an existing project; see Open project (dialog).

  - Recent projects - open one of the most recently used projects.

  - Export - make copy of the current project to another location; see Export project (dialog).

  - Close - close current project.

  - Edit project settings - change project settings - name, type, processing parameters, etc.; see Project settings (dialog).

  - Exit - close the project and the main window.

- Menu Frames

  - Add individual frames - add one or more frames from a folder; see Add individual frames (dialog).

  - Add frames from folder - add frames from a folder and its subfolders; see Add frames from folder (dialog).

  - Remove selected frames - remove selected frames from the project.

  - Remove all frames - remove all frames from the project.

  - Show selected frame - open selected frame in a preview window; see Frame preview window.

  - Show properties - show properties of a selected frame.

- Menu Reduce

  - Express reduction - conversion, calibration, photometry and matching done at in a batch; see Express reduction (dialog).

  - Process new frames - process frames that were appended to the project, apply the same rules as to the frames that had been already processed; watch periodically for new frames in a folder, append them to the project and process them; see Process new frames (dialog).

  - Fetch/covert files - make working copy of the source frames, convert them if necessary; see Fetch/convert files (dialog).

  - Bias correction - apply bias correction; see Bias correction (dialog).

  - Dark correction - apply dark correction; see Dark correction (dialog).

  - Flat correction - apply flat correction; see Flat correction (dialog).

  - Photometry - run photometry; see Photometry dialog (dialog).

  - Match stars - find cross-references between stars on the frames; see Match stars (dialog).

- Menu Plot

  - Light curve - make light curve (magnitude vs. time) for a variable; see Plot light curve (dialog).

  - Track curve - make track curve (frame offset vs. time); see Plot track curve (dialog).

  - Air mass - make air mass curve (air mass vs. time); see Plot air mass (dialog).

  - CCD temperature - make CCD temperature curve (temperature vs. time); see Plot CCD temperature (dialog).

  - Object properties - plot object properites (position, de-focus (FWHM), instrumental magnitude, …); see Plot object properties (dialog).

- Menu Make

  - Master bias frame - make master bias frame; see Master bias frame (dialog).

  - Master dark frame - make master dark frame; see Master dark frame (dialog).

  - Master flat frame - make master flat frame; see Master flat frame (dialog).

  - Merge frames - merge frames to make combined frames; see Merge frames (dialog).

- Menu Tools

  - Find variables - semi-automatic search for variable stars; see Make find variables dialog.

  - Make catalog file - make a catalog file (a reference frame for the field); see Make catalog file (dialog).

  - Show thumbnails - show small previews of all frames in the projects; see Thumbnails (dialog).

  - Show message log - show detailed report from the last process; see Message log (dialog).

  - Open file - open CCD frame, photometry file or curve in a preview window; see Image file (window), Photometry file (window), Catalog file (window) and Graph (window).

  - Recent files - open one of the most recently used files.

  - Import data from C-Munipack 1.x - import data from a folder that contains C-Munipack 1.x files; see Import project (dialog).

  - JD converter - convert a Julian date into a Gregorian calendar date; see JD converter (dialog).

  - Heliocentric correction - compute heliocentric correction for given Julian date and object corrdinates; see Heliocentric correction (dialog).

  - Air mass coefficient - compute air mass coefficient for given Julian date, object corrdinates and observer coordinates; see Air mass coefficient (dialog).

  - Edit profiles - open dialog for editing user-defined profiles; see Edit profiles (dialog).

  - Environment options - change user interface settings; see Environment options (dialog).

- Menu Help

  - Show help - show help for the main application window.

  - User’s manual - open the user manual at the top-level table of contents.

  - About Muniwin - information about version of the software and libraries, license and authors.

See also

Main window, Main toolbar