Browsing files by date or event
With the Calendar pane you can browse your collection of image and media
files using the dates associated with each file. The Calendar pane includes
Events, Year, Month, and Day view modes. You can click any date in the
Calendar pane to display a list of files associated with that date.
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Your images will not display in the Calendar pane until you
have either browsed the folder containing the images or used the Catalog
Files Wizard to catalog your images. |
Calendar pane toolbar buttons
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Events View |
Switches the Calendar pane to Events view. In the Events
view you see only those months during which images or media files are
available. Next to the month you see the number of dates on which images
or media files are available. Expand the month to see the dates and the
number of pictures available for those dates. You can add a description
and a thumbnail image to help you remember the event. |
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Year View |
Switches the Calendar pane to Year view. In Year view
you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific year. Next
to the year you see how many images or media files are associated with
that year. The months during which images or media files are available
are highlighted. |
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Month View |
Switches the Calendar pane to Month view. In Month
view you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific month.
Next to the month you see how many images or media files are associated
with that month. The dates on which images or media files are available
are highlighted. |
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Day View |
Switches the Calendar pane to Day view. In Day view
you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific day. Next
to the date you see how many images or media files are associated with
that date. The time at which the images or media files are available are
highlighted. |
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Options |
Use the Calendar pane options to specify which date
you want to use to organize your files. For example, you can quickly change
between database date, the date the image was taken, the date the file
was modified, or the date the file was created on your computer. You can
also set filter options, choose the start of the week, and set clock formats. |
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Previous Item |
Selects the closest previous date that has associated
files. |
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Next Item |
Selects the next closest date that has associated files. |
Adding descriptions and thumbnails in Events view
You can add a description and a thumbnail image to dates in Events view
to help you remember the event.
To add a description to a date in Events view:
Expand the
month to see the dates on which images or media files are available. Click Enter event description and replace
the highlighted text with a new description. Press Enter or click outside of the description
area. The description is saved.
To add a thumbnail to a date in the Events view:
Expand the
month to see the dates on which images or media files are available. Click on a
date to display the images or media files in the File List pane. Click and drag
an image or media file and drag it to the thumbnail area for the date.
When you release the mouse button the thumbnail is saved.
You can reset the default thumbnail by right-clicking the thumbnail
and selecting Restore Default Thumbnail.
To navigate a long list of dates in Events view:
To expand and
collapse specific groups click the +/- signs which are located on the left
side of the group header. To expand and
collapse all groups right-click a group header and select either Open All Groups or Close
All Groups.
To scroll through
multiple groups click the Next Group
 and Previous Group
 buttons, which are located at the bottom of the File
List scroll bar. At the bottom
of the Calendar pane scroll bar click the Table
of Contents  button and select a date.
Calendar pane shortcuts
Once you are familiar with the basic calendar pane options, consider
using the following shortcuts:
Click the title
bar on a year, month, or day table to display all available images for
that year, month, or day. Right-click the
title bar on a year, month, or day table to scroll through and select
from adjacent years, months, or days. In Year view
double-click any month to switch to Month view. Or, in Month view, double-click
any date to switch to Day view. In Month view
click the letter indicating a day of the week to display all available
images for that day of the week. For example, click F
to select all Fridays in that month. In Day view click
AM or PM
to select the first or second half of a day. In Event view
press and hold the Ctrl key and
click any month or day to display all available images for those months
or days.
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