User Guide

ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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Exporting database information
You can use the ACD Database Export Wizard to save selected database information in a compressed
format, and then store it as a backup, or share it with other ACDSee users. You can also choose to
export your category and keyword definitions to a text file.
Exporting your database information differs from creating a backup in that you can choose to export
only the parts of your database that you want to share or store with specific files, such as those on a
CD. Other ACDSee users can import your information without affecting their existing database.
To create a backup of your entire database, including image or media files, use the ACD Database
Backup Wizard. To back up the contents of a local folder to a remote location, such as a network drive,
use the ACDSync Wizard.
To use the ACD Database Export Wizard:
1 If you want to export your database information for a specific group of images or media files,
select the files in the File List pane.
2Click Database | Export, and then select Database.
3Click Next to begin using the wizard.
4On the Content and Format Options page, specify how you want to export your database
information by selecting one of the following options, and then click Next:
• Export entire ACDSee database to a read-only, compressed version: exports the entire
contents of your ACDSee database to a compressed version that can be shared with other
ACDSee users.
• Export database information for selected items to a read-only, compressed version:
exports all of your database information for the images selected in the File List pane.
• Export database information to a text file: exports the selected information to an XML-
based text file. Select the check boxes next to the information you want to include.
5On the Location options page, specify a location for the exported information, and a name for the
text file, if necessary, and then click Next.
6On the Summary page, review your choices. You can click Back to make changes, or click Next to
begin exporting your database information.
7Click Finish to close the wizard and return to ACDSee.
Generating file lists
You can generate a text file that lists all of the files in the folder currently displayed in the File List pane.
The text file places the file name, size, image file format, modified date, image properties, caption, and
rating for all of the files in the folder into a table, and creates a single text file.