06_Start-QGIS-Open-a-New-Project.Rmd

# Start QGIS & Open a New Project
Start QGIS in the way you typically open any program on your particular computer's operating system.  It's normal that it may take a minute to open.

When QGIS opens, you may see a list of recent projects, or if this is a new installation, there may not be any listed.  It doesn't matter which you see, because we want to start a new project.  To do this, click on the *Project* menu in the upper left of the window and select *New* - or you can click the white page icon that is usually near the *Project* menu on the tool bar.