User Guide

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VIEWING COLLECTIONS
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IMAGEAXS 4.0 MACINTOSH USERS GUIDE
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VIEWING COLLECTIONS
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Overview: What Is a Collection? 3-1
Overview: What Is a Collection? 3-1
Viewing a Collection 3-2
Viewing Thumbnails 3-7
Changing Thumbnails View Options 3-9
Viewing Text Field Data 3-12
Changing Text List View Options 3-14
OVERVIEW:
W
HAT IS A
C
OLLECTION?
Collections are the documents created by ImageAXS. They consist of
data records for each file on your computer that is associated with
the collection, plus a thumbnail image that represents each file.
With ImageAXS, you can create and maintain as many collections as
you want, although you can only view one collection at a time.
N
OTE
Although ImageAXS collections describe the files on your computer and
storage drives, they do
not
contain the files themselves. You can move or
delete the collection without affecting the original files, and vice versa.
In the Finder, ImageAXS collections are represented by two files: one
with a “.db” extension (containing text information), and the other
with a “.blob” extension (containing thumbnail images). If you want
to move or rename a collection, you must move or rename both files.
OPENING AND
C
LOSING
C
OLLECTIONS
OPENING A COLLECTION
To open a collection that you have used recently, highlight Open
Recent Collections in the File menu, then select the collection from
the submenu that appears.
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