User Guide

Chapter 10 Searching
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The Image Well and Uncategorized features only display images that have been cataloged in the
database; they do not search your hard drive for specific file types.
Related topics
• Browsing files by category, rating, or classification
• Assigning categories and ratings
Using selective browsing
You can use selective browsing to browse for files that are located in a specific folder, assigned a
specific date, and/or assigned to a specific Organize classification. By adjusting the selective browsing
criteria, you can quickly include or exclude files from the File List pane, and view only those files you
want to browse.
To get the most out of selective browsing, it is recommended that you catalog and organize your files
in the ACDSee database. The more information you input for your files, the more helpful you will find
the selective browsing feature.
To use selective browsing:
Open the Selective Browsing pane by clicking View | Selective Browsing.
Setting selective browsing criteria
The Selective Browsing pane is divided into three areas: Folders, Organize, and Calendar, each of
which corresponds to the Browser pane of the same name. When the Selective Browsing pane is open,
the Contents bar in the File List pane is replaced by the Selective Browsing bar, which lists all of the
current browsing criteria:
When you add a folder, date range, or organize method to the Selective Browsing pane, ACDSee
excludes any files that do not match that criteria. You can add or remove criteria to narrow or broaden
your results.
To add selective browsing criteria:
With the Selective Browsing pane open, do any of the following:
• In the Folders pane, select one or more folders.
• In the Organize pane, select one or more categories, and/or a rating.
• In the Calendar pane, select one or more date ranges.
As each criteria is added to the Selective Browsing pane, ACDSee searches its database for files in that
folder, that match the date range, and are assigned to the classification, and displays them in the File
List pane. You can then select those files and use ACDSee's features to edit, share, move, and view
them however you want.