User manual

File Selection
Nero Burning ROM 27
7 File Selection
7.1 Selection Screen
The selection screen is the starting point for work that you want to do on compilations. The
selection screen is opened in the main screen after you select the disc type and format and
click on the New button.
The selection screen consists of the compilation area, the browser area, and a capacity
scale.
Fig. 7: Selection screen for the disc type CD-ROM (ISO)
The compilation area is named after the relevant compilation. Files and folders are compiled
here for burning.
In the browser area (Browser), you can find the elements that you want to burn. There are
four tabs: The File Browser is similar to other file browsers and provides a toolbar and
address bar with typical functionality. In Media Search, Web Search, and Saved Searches
you can use Nero Search to find files on the computer.
The search wizard Nero Search is an application in the Nero 8 Suite and is automatically
installed while Nero 8 is being installed. You will find further information in the Nero Scout
manual.
If the browser area is hidden, you can show it again using the
button.
The bottom margin of the screen contains a capacity scale in MB (for data discs) or minutes
(for Audio CDs). The exact magnitude of the scale will depend on which disc type you have
selected.
When you are compiling files, a capacity bar indicates how much space the files need on the
disc. The color of the capacity bar indicates whether the data will fit on the disc or not: