Operation Manual

ENCORE CS3
User Guide
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Media Category Displays the asset type. This category is useful for sorting your assets according to their status as
audio or video files, or both.
Description Displays any comments you add to this row. You may type up to 254 characters in the Properties panel.
Last Modified Displays date and time of the last modification to the file.
File Path Displays the system location of the asset. This column is blank if Encore can’t find the asset. (See “Locate
a missing asset” on page 51.)
Customize the Project panel
You can customize the Project panel columns to best suit your working style and needs.
Sort items
❖ Clickthecolumnnamerepresentingthecategorybywhichyouwanttosorttheitems.Successiveclickssortthem
alternately in ascending or descending order.
Hide or show a column
❖ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) anywhere in a column header, and choose the column you want
to hide or show. Alternatively, right-click or Control-click the name of a column, and choose Hide This.
Note: A check mark next to the column name indicates that the column is shown.
Hide or show types of items
❖ Choose the item type from the Toggle Display Of Different Item Types menu at the bottom of the Project
panel.
Resize columns
❖ Position the cursor over the right edge of the column you want to resize, and when the cursor becomes a resize
cursor , drag the edge. You can also double-click on the right edge of the column you want to resize. The panel
resizes to the length of the longest line of text in that column.
Rearrange columns
❖ Drag the column name to a different location along the column header.
Organize items in the Project panel
To help organize the numerous elements of a project listed in the Project panel, you can group your assets, menus,
and timelines into folders. You can nest folders within other folders as well.
Create a folder
• TocreateafolderattherootlevelintheProjectpanel,makesurenothingisselectedandthenchooseFile>New>
New Folder.
• To create a folder at a specific level of the hierarchy, select an item currently at that level and then choose File >
New > New Folder.
• YoucanalsocreateanewfolderbyclickingtheCreateANewItembuttonatthebottomoftheProjectpaneland
choosing Folder from its menu. Type a name for the folder and click OK.