Upon running Chat Mapper, you are greeted with the Welcome Screen:

Welcome Screen

New Project

You will be prompted to save your new project right away because many operations depend on relative paths to the project file.  When creating a new project, you are asked to choose a template as a starting point.

Open Project

Opens a project file on your hard drive that you have previously saved.

Import Package (Commercial License Only)

Imports a Chat Mapper Package (cmpkg) file including all media assets that the author used.

Recent Projects

Displays the five most recent projects that have been opened.

Learn Chat Mapper

Resources for getting the most out of Chat Mapper. The included example project makes use of many of the features of the software.

Show On Startup

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