The Job Type Panel
The Job Type panel appears below.

The Job Type Panel
This dialog illustrates
adding an option via the Additional
Keywords field.
The top dropdown menu selects the job type. The default is a
single point energy calculation. The remaining fields in the panel
represent common options for the selected job type.
The available job types are:
- Energy: Performs a single point energy calculation.
- Optimization: Performs a geometry optimization until a stationary point on the potential energy surface is found. More information...
- Frequency: Computes Vibrational frequencies and intensities. More information...
- Opt+Freq: Performs a geometry optimization and then analyzes frequencies.
- IRC: Specifies that a reaction path be followed by integrating the intrinsic reaction coordinate. More information...
- Scan: Perfoms a potential energy surface scan. More information...
- Stability: Performs a calculation to test the stability of the Hartree-Fock or DFT wavefunction. More information...
- NMR: Predits NMR shielding tensors and magnetic susceptibilities. More information...
- blank: In order to select a job type other than those listed in the popup
menu, select the blank menu item at the bottom of the list, and then
type the appropriate Gaussian keyword into the Additional
Keywords field in the lower section of the dialog.
You can also use the Additional
Keywords field to add any desired Gaussian keyword
and/or option. GaussView will merge all options for the same keyword
within the generated route section. Note that you must include the
keyword with any options appearing in this field even if it already
appears in the route section. For example, in the dialog above, we’ve
added the Phase option to the IRC
keyword, while other options has been generated with the various popup
and checkbox selections.
The Additional Keywords field is designed
only for adding keywords to the route section. Use the Edit button for creating complex input files.
See here for a list of equivalent G16 Keywords for Gaussian Calc. Setup selections.