User Guide

Editing metadata
If your image contains metadata, you can edit certain metadata tags.
To edit metadata:
1. On the Properties tabbed page, select the Metadata tab.
2. Click a tag value. The tags in bold font can be edited.
3. In the Value column, type a new value.
4. Press Enter.
Cataloging files in the database
ACDSee adds items to the database as you browse your files. You can use the
Catalog utility to add groups of files to the database without first having to browse
the files.
To catalog files in the database:
1. Click Tools | Database | Catalog Files.
2. Click the Browse button.
3. Select a folder of files that you want to catalog.
4. Click OK.
5. Select or change the Catalog options.
6. Click OK.
Catalog options
Processing Select one or more of the following four check boxes to
determine the type of information added to the database:
• Build thumbnails: This option builds and adds
cached thumbnails to the database.
•
Catalog inside albums and archives: This option cat-
alogs files inside archives and ACDSee albums.
• Catalog image files only: This option only catalogs
image and video files. It is recommended that you
select this option unless you use ACDSee to man-
age other file types.
•
Include subfolders: This option catalogs the content
of any subfolders of the folder you selected.
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