User Guide

ACDSee Pro 2.5 - User Guide
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Patterns are not case-sensitive.
To use multiple patterns, separate the names with spaces or semicolons.
To match a pattern containing a space or semicolon, enclose the pattern in double
quotation marks.
If you do not include the * wild card in your pattern, the pattern is matched as a
sub-string. For example, cat would match cat, cathy and bobcat, and is equivalent to
the pattern *cat*.
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:
x In the Folders pane, select one or more folders.
x In the Organize pane, select one or more categories, and/or a rating.
x 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.