Getting started with the ORAC-OT

First up, launch the oracot and open up the "UKIRT Template Library" from the file menu. Also in the File menu, select "new program" to create yourself an empty program.

Now a trivial example of editing soemthing: In the new program window that just appeared, double click on where it says "Science Program". An edit window appears immediately to the right of your science program window. Type in a title for this science program into the box labeled "Title". Ignore the other fields.

Basically, you prepare your science program by copying items from the template library, and editing them to your needs. In the template library, open the CGS4 folder by clicking on the little handle icon to it's left - the handle twists down and you can see the contents of the section. You should see a list of template cgs4 observations, looking somewhat like this: