User Guide

ACDSee Pro 2.5 - User Guide
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Mapping drives for an incoming database
If you are upgrading to ACDSee Pro or are importing or restoring your ACDSee Pro database,
the Database Drive Mapping dialog displays how drive mappings (in the incoming database) will
be re-established in the ACDSee Pro database. You can use this dialog to change how each
drive will be mapped in the database.
To select new drive mappings:
1. In the Database Drive Mapping dialog, select a drive and do one of the following:
x To create a new drive map, select Create new database entry.
x To map the drive to a local drive, select a drive from the Local Drive drop-down list.
2. Click Done.
Searching
Using the Quick Search bar
You can use the Quick Search bar, located on the main menu in the ACDSee Browser, to
quickly locate files or folders. You can use the Quick Search options or basic operators to refine
or expand your search, and view the results in the File List pane.
The Quick Search automatically searches in the Notes, Author, and Caption fields of
the ACDSee database. The Quick Search also searches in the Keywords, Caption,
Photographer, Headline, and Special Instructions IPTC fields.
To run a Quick Search:
Do one of the following:
1. In the Quick Search bar, type the term or part of a word for which you want to search.
2. Click the drop-down list beside the Quick Search field and select a previously entered
search term.
3. Click QuickSearch.
Quick Search operators
You can use the following operators to further refine or expand your searches in the Quick
Search bar. Note that a search term cannot begin with an operator; it must start with a word.
Operator Result Examples
-
Subtracts the search term that
follows it from the previous
results.
Cat -Dog returns all items that contain Cat, except
those that also contain Dog. Be sure to insert a
space before the minus sign. If you do not insert a
space, ACDSee will assume you are searching for a
hyphenated word.