Browsing files by category, rating, auto category, or classification

The Organize pane displays a list of categories, ratings, auto categories, and special classifications. You can also use the Easy-Select bar to select a combination of categories, ratings, auto categories, and special classifications.

Easy-Select bars are vertical columns of check boxes on the left side of the Folders and Organize panes. You can use the Easy-Select bars to select multiple folders or categories, and display their contents in the File List pane. You can also use the Easy-Select bars with the Selective Browsing pane.

The images and media files display in the File List pane, but are not moved from folder to folder -- categories, ratings, auto categories, and special classifications work independently of file location.

To view organized files:

Select one or more categories, ratings, auto categories, or special classifications. Files assigned to those classifications are displayed in the File List pane.

The Contents bar at the top of the File List pane displays your currently selected categories or classifications. You can browse through specific classifications within specific folders using the Selective Browsing pane.

To use the Easy-Select bar:

In the Organize pane, select the check box to the left of each item with contents you want to display.

Organize pane classifications

The Organize pane contains the following classification areas: Categories, Ratings, and Special Items.

Categories

You can use categories to organize and group your files without creating extra copies or moving files into different folders. You can create new categories, edit categories, delete existing categories, and assign multiple categories to files.

Ratings

You can assign a numerical rating from 1 to 5 to your images and files, and store the ratings in the database. Once you have assigned ratings, you can search, sort, and organize your files based on the ratings.

Auto Categories

When you click on an auto category, ACDSee searches for images belonging to that category. You can select one or more categories.

Special Items

You can use Special Items to quickly view all of the images in your database and any uncategorized images. Select one of the following items:

• Image Well (ALL Images): displays all images cataloged in the ACDSee database. If you have a substantial image collection, it may take a few moments to gather all of the information.

• Uncategorized: displays any images cataloged in the database that have not been assigned to a category.

You can assign a rating or category to any type of file, but the options in the Special Items area only apply to images.

Related topics

• About the ACDSee database

• Managing categories

• Assigning categories and ratings

• Setting the Organize pane options