User Guide

Chapter 2 Getting started
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Using the Viewer
You can use the Viewer to display your images and media files using their actual dimensions or at a
variety of magnifications. You can also display a group of images in sequential order.
The Viewer window contains four main areas:
• Viewer toolbar: Located at the top of the Viewer and below the menu bar, the Viewer toolbar
provides shortcut buttons to commonly-used tools and commands, such as the zoom and scroll
tools. You can set the options on the toolbar to show or hide the toolbar, and to use large or small
icons.
• Editing toolbar: Located on the left side of the Viewer, the Editing toolbar provides shortcuts to
the editing tools available in ACDSee's Edit Mode.
• View area: This is the main Viewer area, which displays the current image or media file. You can
customize the Viewer window, and zoom in or out on your images and media files.
• Status bar: Located at the bottom of the View area, the Status bar displays information and
properties for the current image or media file. It also displays overlay icons for rating and tagging
that you can click to edit.
To open an image or media file in the Viewer:
In the File List pane, do one of the following:
• Select a file and press Enter.
• Double-click a file.
• Right-click an image or media file, and then select View.
To open a group of images in the Viewer:
1 In the File List pane, select a group of images.
2 Press Enter.
The Viewer can also display the Properties pane to show database, EXIF, and IPTC
information about the image or file. The Viewer also has the Navigator, Magnifying
Glass and Histogram panes, each of which show detailed image information.