Basic Operations

Solar Fire is generally a very intuitive program to use. It is also flexible and efficient in the way it allows you to work with many different windows at the same time without creating clutter on your screen. Additionally most of the common operations can be carried out either by using the mouse, or the keyboard (see Short-Cut Keys).

The topics in this chapter cover the procedures you need for basic chart casting.

Casting a New Chart

Saving Charts to a File

Backing Up and Restoring Chart Files

Entering Angles

Places: using the ACS Atlas

Manipulating Calculated Charts

Retrieving Charts From a File

Manipulating Charts in Files

Using the File Manager

Viewing Charts, Grids and Pages

Generating Chart Reports and Tabulations

Printing from Solar Fire

Using the View Chart screen Features

Changing Chart Options

Working with Life Events

Casting Subsidiary Charts