# New plate

This operation allows you to create a new Maldi plate.

Usage

You can execute this operation by clicking the menu option File/New plate.

A dialog will appear allowing you to specify the new Maldi plate design. As you can see in the following image, this dialog requires you to provide the following information:

- Rows: the number of matrix rows.
- Rows type: the type of rows (i.e. numeric or letters).
- Columns: the number of matrix columns.
- Columns type: the type of columns (i.e. numeric or letters).
- Calibrants: whether calibrants must be added to the matrix or not.

New plate dialog

After clicking the Ok button, a new Maldi plate datatype is added to the clipboard and automatically opened in the Maldi plate editor.