If you want to load an org chart file from your disk into your computer's memory for the purpose of viewing the chart, changing it, printing it, or exporting it in a graphic format, then you will want to use the LOAD-CHART command in the top menu. When you invoke this command, you are presented with a menu of all files in the current directory with the extension "ORG". The current directory is the directory that was active in DOS when ORCHIS was loaded. The following method is used when choosing an item from this menu. The items listed are displayed alphabetically. The menu appears with an initial item highlighted. As you begin to type a name, at each keystroke the highlight moves to the first entry compatible with the keys typed so far. At any point, you can select the highlighted entry by pressing ENTER. The highlight can also be moved with the Up-Arrow, Down-Arrow, Home, and End keys. If the list of names is too large to fit in the menu window at one time, you can use Left-Arrow and Right-Arrow to move the highlight into successive menu pages. Also, you can highlight an item by simply pointing to it with the cursor. The LOAD-CHART command also displays a file name input form in the chart window. This is an entry form with a single field used for entering a file specification. If you want to load an org chart file from a device or directory other than the current directory, activate the entry field in the file name form by pressing the TAB key or clicking on the field with the cursor. Then identify the file you want to load by entering the target file name, optionally adding device, path, and file extension information as required. Note that the current org chart is not automatically saved to disk when another is loaded. If unsaved work would be lost by a LOAD-CHART operation, you will be prompted for verification first.

After creating or modifying a chart, if you want to save the results from your computer's memory to a file on disk, you will need to use the SAVE-CHART command in the top menu. When you invoke this command, a file name input form is displayed in the chart window and its entry field is activated for text input. Initially, this field contains the file specification of the last performed LOAD-CHART or SAVE-CHART operation. To save to this file, simply press the ENTER key. To save to another file, enter the file name only (if your are saving to the current directory) or optionally add device, path, and file extension information as required.

The NEW-CHART command erases all chart data in your computer's memory, and constructs a default chart as though ORCHIS had just been loaded. If unsaved work would be lost, you are asked to verify before the deletion takes place. Only the chart data loaded into ORCHIS are erased; chart files on disk are not affected by this command.