I am completely new to Gaussian calculation and I want to find out the theoretical UV-vis and fluorescence spectra for my ligand in methanol and want to compare it with the experimental data. How can I start working on this. I have read about it and I am attaching the file for the calculation of groundstate opt and freq job. In the gaussian 09 users reference, it mentioned that after 1st step I can either use step 2 or step 3rd, this is confusing for me and how can I use the previously generated .chk file for further calcutions.