How to start JChemPaint

If you haven't started JChemPaint yet, you can do this using a Java virtual machine, by typing

java -jar jchempaint.jar
in the directory where the JCPCDK_Home/jchempaint.jar is located, or, on Windows, by double clicking on the jchempaint.jar archive.

What is JChemPaint

More details on the concept of JChemPaint can be found in this chapter:

What to do with JChemPaint

This chapter describes what is possible with this release of JChemPaint.

How you use the release depends on your interests. For example:

If you are a user interested in how to draw molecules and reactions using JChemPaint, you might want to read following chapters:
If you are interested in improving JChemPaint (e. g. coding, writing or translating help), this Chapter is what you are looking for.