# Important foundations

## Essentials

To do anything in Conducttr you'll need to create a **Project**. But before we rush ahead, let's look at the workspace and how you organise your workflow in the Editor.

## Organise your workspace

The main home screen of the Editor has three main areas:

* Folders to organise your projects
* A quick start to new exercises
* Recent exercises you've worked on

### Folders

You can make, create, and rename folders at any time but it's worth taking a moment to organise your work logically so you work faster.

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#### Create new folder

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#### Move projects between folders

Just drag and drop...

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### Creating a new exercise

You have three options. Create from:

* Scratch
* A project from **Ventura**, Conducttr's free library
* An uploaded project file, exercise file or Master Events List (MEL) .csv

#### Create a new exercise

A new Project will be created with the same name as the exercise. This can be renamed later.

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#### Create a project from Ventura

After selecting this option you'll get a chance to review the Ventura exercises and add to your projects. A copy is created so that's now yours to do as you wish.

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#### Create an exercise from an imported a file

Click the button and select your file. The imported file extension must be .txplib, .txps or .csv.

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### Projects (exercise libraries)

{% hint style="warning" %}
You can only collaborate on Projects, not on individual exercises because the exercise must access the project library.
{% endhint %}

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Exercises are organised into Projects.&#x20;

Exercises in the same project share the same persona library and media library, making it quick to create new and alternative versions of an exercise.&#x20;

{% hint style="warning" %}
But be careful about changes to personas because it will affect all exercises in that same project.
{% endhint %}