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Browse menu
Allows you to refresh thumbnails and Web pages,
to move forward and backward between recently
viewed Web pages, to return to your home page,
and to stop loading a Web page.
Refresh—For a Thumbnail p ane, rereads the
directory and redraws the thumbnails. For a Web
pane, rereads the URL and redisplays the Web
page.
Forward —For a Web pane, displays a Web page
you viewed before clicking the Back button.
Back—Returns to the last Web page viewed in the
Web p ane.
Home—Returns to the local copy of the home page
that is installed on your computer system. This
isthepagethatdisplayswhenyoufirststartthe
Asset Browser.
Stop—Stops loading a Web page. Use this button
when a page you’re trying to view takes too long
to load.
Toolbar
Thebuttonsonthetoolbarprovidesomeofthe
samefunctionsasthemenuitemsonthemenubar.
B ack to pr evi ous page—Returns to the last
Web p a ge v iewe d in t he We b p ane.
Forward to next page—Displays a Web page
you viewed before clicking Back to previous page.
Stop—Stops loading a Web page. Use this
button when a page you’re trying to view takes too
long to load.
Refresh content—For a Thumbnail pane,
rereads the directory and redraws the thumbnails.
For a Web pane, rereads the URL and redisplays
the Web page.
Homepage—Returns to local copy of the
Browserhomepagethatisinstalledonyour
computer system. T his is the page that displays
when you first star t the Asset Browser.
Add to Favorites Ba r—Displays the Favor ite
Location dialog that al lows you to add Web sites
and path names to the Favorites menu and the
Favorites bar . When you want to open that page
or view the files from a path name, you can click
the appropriate shortcut button from the Favorites
bar,orclicktheappropriatemenuitemfromthe
Favorites menu
Addres s—Displays the current path name or URL.
Clicking the history arrow at the right end of the
address bar displays a list of recently viewed sites.
You can select one of these to return to that site.
Favorites Bar
The Favorites bar is at the bottom of the Asset
Browser window. It displays tabbed buttons for the
startup page and for any shortcuts to directories
and Web pages that you added to y our favorites
list. Right-clicking ove r a favorites tab that you’ve
added displays a menu that you can use to
modify
(page 3–517)
or delete the favorites.
Startup—Returns to the directory or Web page
where the Asset Browser started in the current
session.
Status Bar
ThestatusbarisundertheFavoritesbaratthe
bottom of the Asset Browser window. The bar
is divide d into three sections. The first section
displays a progress meter when the program loads
thumbnails. The second section displays the
current filter selection (such as "All in cache").
The third section displays messages, file names,
or Web page shortcut labels when you move your
cursor over such items.