User Guide

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Now that you know the basics in PhotoBase, you are ready to start “Using PhotoBase”!
USING PHOTOBASE
Here you will be shown step-by-step instructions for accomplishing key tasks and projects in
PhotoBase:
• Find your file using the Sort and Search features
• Archive your files by copying them to a different location
• Create a Slide Show
• Create a Web Album
• Create a Video Postcard
• Set up and use the Application “Hotlink” bar
• Use the PhotoBase Image Editing Tools
• Print your selected images or the entire album
Find your file using the Sort and Search features
Sort and Search offer you a variety of ways for locating files.
• Sort organizes files in your current album by Name (of file), Type (of file format), Size (of file),
Date (of file creation), Description (or the third Information Field) or Reverse order (of these
sort options).
1. Open the album you want to organize.
2. Click Sort from the Edit Menu. Choose from the available sort options.
3. Click Exit. The album will automatically be sorted.
• Search looks throughout selected albums for a particular file(s). It then moves your search
results to another album.
1. Click Search from the Image Menu. A Search dialog box will appear.
2. Under “Search In”, choose the album you want to search. To choose more than
one album, hold down the control or shift key while making your selection.
3. Under “Store In”, choose the album for storing your search results.
4. Under “Search For”, type the keyword.
5. Under “Search Field”, select where the keyword should appear.
6. Click Search. The search results will appear in the designated “Store In” album.
7. Click the Save Tool if you want to save the new album.
Archive your files by copying them to a different location
The “Copy Image(s) To” command lets you easily make backups of your files on floppy disk or
removable media, without changing the thumbnails or original locations of the files.
1. Open the album containing the files you want to move.
2. Click once on the first thumbnail to select it. While holding down the shift key, click once
on the last thumbnail. All thumbnails will be selected. (To select only certain images, use
your control key instead of your shift key.)
3. Click Copy Image(s) To from the Image Menu.
4. Click the Browse button to specify where you want the files copied.
5. Click Copy to confirm.
Note: In addition to the “Copy Image(s) To” command, there are other options for
creating backups of your important files. The “Move Album” command moves (not copies)
all files in the current album from their current locations to a new directory. This
command also updates the thumbnails accordingly. The “Copy Album” command makes
a copy of the current album and its thumbnails, while leaving files in their current
locations. (For information on these commands, see online Help.)