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Reference Manual and Quickstart Guide

This ObservingTool manual is intended for all ALMA users :``normal'' users, novices, as well as very experienced ones. Itprovides comprehensive information about how to create valid Phase 1proposals and Phase 2 programmes for observing astronomicalobjects. Special functions of the OT, e.g. for creatingholography and optical pointing , are not described in this manual. In addition, aQuickstart Guide is available that shows how to create an ALMA Phase 1proposal in 10 easy steps - this is available through the ALMA Science Portal.

The OT User Manual provides information about the various menus, required inputs and interfaces of the OT in a certain degree of detail. However, giving full information about all fields and menus would make this User Manual hard to read. Therefore, an ALMA OT Reference Manual is available which contains comprehensive descriptions of all fields and parameters, together with illustrations of the OT where they occur.



The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20