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
CREATING AND ADDING TO A COLLECTION
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IMAGEAXS 4.0 MACINTOSH USER’S GUIDE
• Drag the Finder icon(s) into an open ImageAXS collection
window.
• Drag the Finder icon(s) onto the ImageAXS application icon.
(Doing this launches ImageAXS and makes a data record for each
file in the most recently opened collection.)
• If you have a Power Macintosh, press and hold the CTRL key as
you click any selected Finder icon, then select Acquire in
ImageAXS from the contextual menu that appears.
ACQUIRING FROM
R
EMOVABLE
M
EDIA
To make data records for every file on one or more removable storage
disks (such as those for Iomega Zip or Jaz drives) or media cards, use
the Acquire Removable Media option.
After you set up basic options for acquiring the files, select the
Acquire Removable Media option, then simply insert one disk or
media card after another until all of the files have been acquired.
To add all files on a removable disk or other media to a collection:
STEP 1 In the Source File menu, highlight Acquire, then select Set Up
Input Device from the submenu that appears.
The Set Up Input Device dialog box appears.
Removable Media panel, Set Up Input Device dialog box