User Guide

ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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You can also adjust or refine your criteria in the Selective Browsing pane:
• To remove a selected criteria from the Selective Browsing pane, right-click any of the criteria, and
then select Remove From Scope.
• To exclude all of a certain type of criteria, click the bar above the list, and toggle the option to
include that type in the scope. For example, to exclude the listed folders from the scope, click the
Folders bar, and then click Include Folders in Scope. The folders you selected will still be
displayed in the Selective Browsing pane, but will not factor in the results.
• To remove all criteria of a certain type, click the bar above the list, and select Clear All.
• The default behavior for categories in the Selective Browsing pane is to display files that match
any of the categories listed. You can refine your results by choosing to display only those files that
are assigned to all of the specified categories. To toggle between behaviors, right click the bar
above the categories you selected, and select Match Any or Match All.
Tips for selective browsing
When you add a criteria to the Selective Browsing pane, you are indicating that the files you want to
browse must have that attribute. For example, if you select a folder in the Folders pane, then ACDSee
displays only files in that folder. If you select a rating in the Organize pane, ACDSee displays only files
assigned to that rating.
You can combine criteria to refine your selective browsing even further. For example, if you select a
category and a date range, then ACDSee displays only those files that belong to both the category
and date range you selected. ACDSee does not display items that fall within the date range unless
they are also assigned to the correct category, and does not display files assigned to that category
unless they also match the date range.
Hiding the Selective Browsing pane
You can use the Auto Hide feature to automatically hide the Selective Browsing pane and increase
space for the File List pane. When the pane is set to auto-hide, it rolls away when you click outside it,
leaving only an edge displayed. You can access the pane again by moving the mouse pointer over the
edge.