The File
menu includes the following options
The new V3 of Cartes du Ciel
allows you to open different windows with separate sky charts. The advantage is that you can visualize at the same time charts for different locations, time or even display configuration.
After creating a new chart you can arrange them throgh the Window menu, maximize, minimize, close or even resize each chart by dragging the right and bottom edges.
This option allows you to open a previously saved sky chart with its own configuration of location and time
It saves the currently active sky chart into a file that can be loaded in the future with Open option
The active sky chart is saved as an image. It is possible to select PNG, JPEG or BMP format for the file
It will close the active chart in case you have more than one sky chart open
This function lets you know the astronomical phenomenon for a given time period.
Window is composed of seven areas:
Print screen contents to a selected destination. 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.
Configures the printer to print the screen content. There are three options:
Just that, exits the program Cartes du Ciel