File Menu

New Project

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Selecting New Project… brings up a window that allows you to create a new project from scratch. This can also be accessed by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + N keys on your keyboard.


New File

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Selecting New File… opens up a window that allows you to create a new file. This can also be accessed by pressing the Ctrl + N keys on your keyboard.


Open Project

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Selecting Open Project… brings up the Open Project window. This can also be accessed using Ctrl + Shift + O.


Open Recent Project

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Selecting Open Recent Project shows a list of your recently closed projects and allows you to select which project(s) to open.


Import

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Selecting Import allows you to import a HEX/ELF prebuilt file, an MPLAB® IDE v8 project, or an IAR Embedded Workbench project.


Open Team Project

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Selecting Open Team Project… opens a Team Server that provides various services (Version Control Systems, Issue Tracking, Instant Messaging, and Notifications) designed to help increase productivity by providing an infrastructure for developers collaborating on a project.


Close Project

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Selecting Close Project closes the currently selected project.


Close All Projects

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Selecting Close All Projects closes all open projects.


Open File

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Selecting Open File allows you to open a C file without adding it to the project.


Open Recent File

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Selecting Open Recent File brings up a list of all the files you have recently viewed and allows you to open them directly.


Project Group

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Selecting Project Group allows multiple projects to be opened all at the same time.


Project Properties

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Selecting Project Properties opens the Project Properties window, the central location from which you may control all aspects of your project.


Save

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Selecting Save will save the file currently selected in the editor. You can also save by pressing the Ctrl + S keys on your keyboard.


Save As

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Selecting Save As… allows you to save a copy of the file currently selected in the editor with a different name.


Save All

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Selecting Save All saves all files and project settings at once. You can also save all by pressing the Ctrl + Shift + S keys on your keyboard.


Page Setup

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Selecting Page Setup… allows you to select the size, margins, and orientation of the paper the C file will be printed on.


Print

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Selecting Print will print the selected C file. You can also print by pressing the Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P keys on your keyboard.


Print to HTML

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Selecting Print to HTML… saves the selected C file as an HTML document.


Exit

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Selecting Exit will save and exit the open MPLAB® X IDE projects.