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ADDING YOUR FILES TO A COLLECTION
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IMAGEAXS PRO MACINTOSH USER’S GUIDE
ACQUIRING ALL
F
ILES IN A
F
OLDER
ImageAXS Pro also lets you make data records for every file in a
folder or on a disk with a single command.
Use the Acquire Folder menu option to acquire large numbers of files
in an efficient and organized way.
N
OTE
For details on how to filter out certain kinds of files (such as non-multimedia
files, invisible files, or duplicate files) while acquiring source files from a
folder, see “Changing Options for Acquiring Files” on page 6-16).
To add all files in a folder or disk to a collection:
STEP 1 In the Source File menu, highlight Acquire, then select Folder
from the submenu that appears.
A standard file dialog box for selecting folders appears.
STEP 2 Locate and highlight the folder you want to acquire.
Click Open to show all folders inside a highlighted folder.
STEP 3 Click Select "(the name of your folder)".
A data record for each file inside the folder is added at the
end of the collection (as a thumbnail image in the
Thumbnails View, and a row of data in the Text List View).
You can also acquire entire folders or disks in the Finder by selecting
the Finder icon for each folder or disk (including icons shown as
found items in a Find File or Sherlock window), then doing any of
the following:
• Drag the Finder icon(s) into an open ImageAXS Pro collection
window.
• Drag the Finder icon(s) onto the ImageAXS Pro application icon.
(Doing this launches ImageAXS Pro and makes a data record for
each file in the most recently opened collection.)
• 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.