# Your first EthoVision XT experiment

Learn about

▪Important terms

▪Protocols on the web featuring EthoVision XT

What do you want to do?

▪Create an experiment from a predefined template

▪Procedure

Notes

▪You can also Create a new experiment based on an existing experiment. To do so, open the existing experiment and choose File > Save as. In the new experiment, delete the existing trials and settings if needed.

▪important When you create experiments, do not move, rename or delete experiment files and folders with Windows Explorer. Instead, always manage your experiments from within EthoVision XT. See File Management

▪To create an experiment for Live Mouse Tracker, choose File > New and select the option Live Mouse Tracker experiment. For details, see Live Mouse Tracker: Create an experiment and Live Mouse Tracker: Workflow

▪For information on how to conduct EthoVision XT experiments with specific apparatuses, like the Open Field, the Morris Water Maze, the Novel Object Recognition and others, see the EthoVision XT 19 - Application Manual in this folder:

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