User Guide

ACDSee 12 User Guide
Manage mode options
Default start folder Remember from
previous session
Opens Manage mode in the same folder that was open the last time you used
ACDSee 12, and automatically applies any browsing criteria you were using.
Home folder Always opens Manage mode to the specified Home folder. Click the Browse
button to locate a starting folder on your hard drive.
Taskbar Notification
area
Show icon in
Taskbar
Notification area
Displays the ACDSee 12 icon in the Taskbar Notification area.
Continue running
in Taskbar
Notification area
on exit
Continues to run ACDSee 12 in the background after you exit the application.
You can restart ACDSee 12 by clicking the icon in the Taskbar Notification
area.
Run ACDSee in
Taskbar
Notification area
when system
starts
Starts ACDSee 12 in the background when you turn on your computer. You
can open ACDSee 12 by clicking the icon in the Taskbar Notification area.
Display theme Specifies the color scheme to use in ACDSee 12.
Clear path history on
exit
Clears the list of recently-accessed folders whenever you exit ACDSee 12.
Show full path in title
bar
Displays the full path of an image in the ACDSee 12 title bar.
Error Reporting Select this option if you do not want to see a system error report if there is an error in ACDSee 12.
Setting the Quick Search options
You can use the Quick Search options to refine your search by specifying which file properties or database information you want to
search.
To set Quick Search options:
1. In Manage mode, click Tools | Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click Manage Mode | Quick Search.
3. On the Quick Search page, set or change any of the Quick Search options described below.
4. Click OK to apply your changes and return to ACDSee 12.
Quick Search options
Include file names Searches for file and folder names that begin with the search term.
Include categories Searches for categories that match the search term, and returns any files assigned to those
categories. Subcategories are not included.
Include contents of
folders
Searches for folder names that begin with the search term and returns the contents of those folders.
Subfolders are not included.
Setting the File List pane options
You can use the Options dialog box to set options for the File List pane to suit your preferences, such as grouping archive files with
subfolders, or highlighting image types with different background colors. You can also customize your thumbnails, the file types
ACDSee 12 displays, and adjust how ACDSee 12 handles files and thumbnails in the File List pane.
To adjust the File List pane options:
1. In Manage mode, click Tools | Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click File List.
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