File Management

Here you find information about the following topics:

• Open New Document
• Open Document
• Save Document
• Save Copy of a Document
• Close Document

Open New Document

• On the Standard toolbar, click .
• Press CTRL+N.
• On the File menu, click New.

Open Document

• On the Standard toolbar, click .
• Press CTRL+O.
• On the File menu, click Open.
• Drag a file onto the Drawing Area.

Notes:

• A list of recently opened files can be found under Choose file format (*.zmfa od *.smfa). > Recent Files.
• Old STAN files (with extension *.mfa and *.xmfa) are converted automatically in STAN 2.7 files (with extension *.zmfa).
• To open a new instance of STAN with a desired STAN file, double-click the STAN file or drag Drag a STAN file to the STAN icon on the desktop

Save Document

• On the Standard toolbar, click .
• Press CTRL+S.
• On the File menu, click Save.

Attention: Files that are saved with STAN 2.7 (extension *.zmfa) cannot be reopened with STAN 2.0! If this is necessary you can unzip *.zmfa files and assign the extension *.xmfa.

Save Copy of a Document

1. On the File menu, click Save as.
2. Enter the name of the document.
3. Choose file format (*.zmfa or *.smfa).
4. Click Save.

Notes:

• Since STAN 2.7, STAN files can also be saved as SQLite database files (*.smfa). This makes it possible to edit STAN files with different tools under different operating systems (Windows, Linux, ...).
• In order to create a "*.smfa" file, the file type "SQLite MFA files (*.smfa)" must be selected instead of the file type "Compressed MFA file (*.zmfa)" when saving.

Close Document

• On the File menu, click Close.
• On the title bar of the Drawing Area, click  .