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<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Workspaces are not saved in the Desktops. Desktops only store references If any changes have been made to a Workspace of the Desktop since it was last saved workspaces, but do not save them within the Desktop, so it is still necessary '''Save Workspace''' dialog box will appear:<br>- click '''Yes''' to save the workspaces changes and close the Workspace;<br>- click '''No''' to have them opened in a Desktop.discard the changes and close the Workspace;</divbr>- click '''Cancel''' to cancel the operation and keep the Workspace open.
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A Desktop with all the settings is saved as a file with '''.mcd''' extension.
To save a Desktop, click '''File''' in the main menu and select '''Save Desktop'''. If the Desktop has not yet been named, the '''Save As''' dialog box will appear, allowing to choose a file name for the Desktop.
In order to save an already named Desktop under a new name, select '''File''' in the main menu and click '''Save Desktop As'''.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Workspaces are not saved in the Desktops. Desktops only store references to the saved Workspaces, but do not save them within the Desktop, so it is still necessary to save the Workspaces to have them opened in a Desktop.</div>
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=== Opening Desktops ===
Saved Workspaces Desktops can be opened by using Windows Explorer/File manager as well as from the application. To open a Workspace from the application, click the '''Open Workspace''' [[File:Open_Workspace.png]] icon on the Main toolbar; in the '''Open''' dialog box that appears, navigate to and select the Workspace file ('''.wsp''' extension) and click the '''Open''' button.Workspaces can also be opened by using the '''Ctrl + O''' hot key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and clicking '''Open Workspace'''. Recently used Workspaces can be opened by clicking the down-arrow to the right of the '''Open Workspace''' [[File:Open_Workspace.png]] icon on the Main toolbar and then clicking a Workspace name, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu, then pointing to '''Recent Workspaces''' and clicking a Workspace name. To open Workspaces automatically on application startup, see [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspaces Preferences]].
To open a Desktop from the application, click '''File''' in the main menu and select '''Open Desktop'''; in the '''Open''' dialog box that appears, navigate to and select the Desktop file ('''.mcd''' extension) and click '''Open''' button. The selected Desktop will be opened in the new MultiCharts instance.
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=== Closing Desktops ===
To close a WorkspaceDesktop, click the '''Close Workspace''' [[File:Close_Workspace.png]] icon on the '''Main''' toolbar. Workspaces can also be closed by using the '''F4''' key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and clicking select '''Close Workspace'''.
If any changes have been made to a Workspace Desktop since it was last saved, and: '''Do not show "Save Workspace" dialog on Exit''' checkbox in [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspace Preferences]] is not selected, the '''Save WorkspaceDesktop''' dialog box will appear:
<br>- click '''Yes''' to save the changes and close the Workspace;
<br>- click '''No''' to discard the changes and close the Workspace;
