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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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<link type="guide" xref="index#new-project"/>
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<desc>Write data to a CD or DVD.</desc>
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@googlemail.com</email>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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<title>Create a data project</title>
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<p>A data project is used for writing data (for example, files, photos or
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music) to a disc, without changing those files in any way. This can be useful
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for transferring files between computers.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Data project</gui> on the start page, or select
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<guiseq><gui>Project</gui><gui>New Project</gui><gui>New Data
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Project</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Add the desired files to the project by clicking <gui>Add</gui> in the
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toolbar and selecting the files. You can also add files by
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dragging and dropping them onto the project area or by clicking
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<guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Add Files</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>You can create folders on the CD to store your data in a more
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structured manner. To create a folder, click <gui>New Folder</gui> in
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the toolbar or select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>New
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Folder</gui></guiseq> from the menu bar. You can also create folders
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inside other folders.</p>
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<p>You can add a title for the disc in the text entry field below the
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<p>Select the blank disc in the drop down list.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Burn...</gui> to continue.</p>
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<p>Select the <gui>Burning speed</gui> from the drop down list, and any
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other options you may want.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Burn</gui> to burn a single CD of the project or
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<gui>Burn Several Copies</gui> to burn your project to multiple CDs</p>
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<p>If you are using a rewritable disc, which already contains data, you
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will be asked if you want to blank it or insert a different disc.</p>
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<p>If you are using a rewritable disc and the data is not burned correctly
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onto it, you may need to do a full (non-fast) blank of the disc before trying