User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 What Is ImageAXS™?
- Chapter 2 Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Viewing Collections
- Chapter 4 Viewing Records and Source Files
- Chapter 5 Creating and Adding to a Collection
- Chapter 6 Entering Field Data
- Chapter 7 Using Keywords to Describe Files
- Chapter 8 Creating Portfolios Within Collections
- Chapter 9 Searching and Sorting Collections
- Chapter 10 Managing Data Records
- Chapter 11 Managing Source Files
- Chapter 12 Exporting Data to Other Formats
- Chapter 13 Slide Shows
- Chapter 14 Printing
- Chapter 15 Scripting and Recording
- What Is ImageAXS™?
- Getting Started
- Viewing Collections
- Viewing Records and Source Files
- Creating and Adding to a Collection
- Creating a New Collection
- Overview: Adding Files to a Collection
- Acquiring Individual Files
- Acquiring All Files in a Folder
- Acquiring From Removable Media
- Acquiring From Digital Cameras or Scanners
- Acquiring From a Video Source
- Acquiring From an Audio Source
- Acquiring From Adobe Photoshop
- Changing Options for Acquiring Files
- Entering Field Data
- Using Keywords to Describe Files
- Creating Portfolios Within Collections
- Searching and Sorting Collections
- Managing Data Records
- Managing Source Files
- Exporting Data to Other Formats
- Slide Shows
- Printing
- Scripting and Recording
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ImageAXS is fully scriptable (meaning that it understands scripts
written in the AppleScript language). Also, most non–dialog box
options, as well as the functions in the Sort Collection dialog box, are
recordable (meaning that when you use the Record button in the
Script Editor application, the actions you perform with ImageAXS
generate AppleScript statements for performing those actions).
Instructions on how to record and edit scripts are beyond the scope
of this manual, but the Apple Computer book Getting Started with
AppleScript provides basic information for anyone who wants to
learn about scripting and recording.
The Scripts menu in ImageAXS contains some examples of useful
features that can be created via scripting, such as copying and
pasting record information (see “Copying Data to Other Records” on
page 6-3). In the Finder, drag the ImageAXS application icon over
the Script Editor icon to open the ImageAXS Script Dictionary. This
dictionary contains a list of commands (grouped by function) that
can be used to generate ImageAXS scripts.
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