# Working with projects

A project within Astro Studio is a set of script files grouped into folders. The structure of a project is displayed on the Project palette. Within the file system, a project has the following view:

Project folder

* Folder 1
  * Script 1.ltw
  * Script 2.ltw
  * …
* Folder 2
* …
* Script 3.ltw
* Script 4.ltw
* …
* project.ltp

To create a new project, click the "Create a project" button in the File menu ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-163517db90ba0bb2e20345c8ca484cd08b7ac841%2F0%20\(26\).png?alt=media). After clicking the button, the project creation dialog box will appear on the screen.

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In this dialog box you should specify the project name, the path to the folder where the project will be stored and an optional comment. The structure of a new project will be displayed on the Project panel as soon as you click the OK button.

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To open an existing project, click the "Open a project" button in the File menu ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dff701fe098b97c093945a9da66307e7947224f6%2F3%20\(3\).png?alt=media). In the dialog box that appears, specify the root file (project.ltp) of the project to be opened.

In order to save changes in a project, you should click the "Save the project" button in the File menu ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-42ecadcfd7b8e7021d0d65ed54d1bfd8f10b71df%2F4%20\(1\).png?alt=media), or press the Ctrl+S key combination. At the same time, all the changes in the opened sequences will be saved.

To create a new folder in a project, select the folder inside which you want to create a new folder on the Project panel and click "Create a folder" button on the Project panel ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-c8375bdd25506c6e514c9ee4e4b6a6d1b7cd0111%2F5%20\(11\).png?alt=media).

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In the appeared dialog box, you should enter the folder name and click OK. The new folder will be created on the disk and will be displayed on the Project panel.

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To add an existing file to the project, select the folder in the project panel where you want to add the file and click the "Add file" button <img src="https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-dc06d2189a25709a03ae30601a8ba355e5a9d512%2F0%20(86).png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line"> in the Project panel, then select the file and click Open

In order to move a file or folder to another node just drag n drop it to desired location.

To edit the folder selected on the Project panel, click the "Edit" button of the Project panel ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e250606d9ecc9fef1a63930cca7594c1808e3463%2Fcheck2.png?alt=media). After clicking the button, the folder editing dialog box will appear on the screen.

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In order to delete a folder, you should select the folder to be deleted on the Project panel and click the "Delete the Element" button ![](https://1755238209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FNnEkyZmLMSWTDXxpygbG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1294132968da8a359cc0a3d87c617d7015921829%2F3%20\(16\).png?alt=media). After clicking OK in the appeared dialog box, the folder will be deleted.

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