User Guide

Chapter 6: Organizing
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You can also adjust or refine your criteria in the Selective Browsing pane:
x To remove a selected criteria from the Selective Browsing pane, right-click any of the
criteria, and then select Remove From Scope.
x 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.
x 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.
Searching with auto categories
Do you have hundreds, possibly thousands, of images? Do you use more than one camera? Do
different members of your family share cameras? Or do you have images on your computer
that were captured by friends and family? If you answered yes to any of these questions you
should consider using auto categories to search for images.
You will see auto categories in the Organize pane, below Ratings. Double-click or click the plus
sign (+) to expand auto category groupings. Double-click or click the minus sign (-) to collapse
the auto category groupings.
Some auto category information is added to your images by your camera. For example,
cameras will record the camera make and model, the white balance settings you used, the focal
length you used, the aperture, et cetera. You may want to supplement that information with
the city, province/state, or country in which you captured the images, as well as keywords or
copyright. You can do this using the Batch Set Information tool or by manually entering
information in the Properties pane.