File Menu

New Project

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SelectingNew Project… brings up a window that allows you tocreate a new project from scratch. This can also be accessed by pressing theCtrl+Shift+N keys on your keyboard.

New File

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SelectingNew File… opens up a window that allows you tocreate a new file. This can also be accessed by pressing theCtrl+N keys on your keyboard.

Open Project

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SelectingOpen Project… brings up theOpen Project window. This can also be accessed usingCtrl+Shift+O.

Open Recent Project

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SelectingOpen 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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SelectingImport 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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SelectingOpen 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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SelectingClose Project closes the currently selected project.

Close All Projects

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SelectingClose All Projects closes all open projects.

Open File

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

Open Recent File

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SelectingOpen 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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SelectingProject Group allows multiple projects to be opened all at the same time.

Project Properties

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

Save

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SelectingSave will save the filecurrently selected in the editor. You can also save by pressing theCtrl+S keys on your keyboard.

Save As

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SelectingSave 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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SelectingSave All saves all files and project settings at once. You can also save all by pressing theCtrl+Shift+S keys on your keyboard.

Page Setup

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SelectingPage 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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SelectingPrint will print the selected C file. You can also print by pressing theCtrl+Alt+Shift+P keys on your keyboard.

Print to HTML

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

Exit

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