{"id":513,"date":"2017-10-11T20:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T20:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=513"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:52:29","slug":"saving-and-retrieving-project-files","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/knowledge-base\/saving-and-retrieving-project-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving and Retrieving Project Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Channel Studio uses only one file to save and retrieve its data.&nbsp;These files are used to store all of your project data and will have a &#8220;.chs&#8221; extension. If you have employed an image to use as a background, the image will be saved separately and will have the same name as the project file but with a .bmp extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saving Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Channel Studio works much like a spreadsheet or word processor. To save a project, select &#8220;Save Project&#8221; from the &#8220;File&#8221; menu. If you are saving this file for the first time, select &#8220;Save Project As&#8230;&#8221;. When using &#8220;Save Project&#8221; the program will automatically save the project under its current name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj.png 471w, https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj-50x29.png 50w, https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj-60x35.png 60w, https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/10\/SaveProj-100x58.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To access a project, click on &#8220;Open Project&#8221; in the &#8220;File&#8221; menu. Alternatively, you can choose a project from the Recent Projects list, which displays up to five of your most recently opened projects. To delete a project from this list, right-click on it and select &#8220;Remove from list.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that projects cannot be opened by double-clicking the file name outside of Channel Studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Files Channel Studio uses only one file to save and retrieve its data.&nbsp;These files are used to store all of your project data and will have a &#8220;.chs&#8221; extension. If you have employed an image to use as a background, the image will be saved separately and will have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[46],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-513","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1994,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/513\/revisions\/1994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=513"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.hydrologystudio.com\/channel-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}