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Browsing Using the Folders Pane

The Folders pane displays a live directory tree of all the folders on your computer, connected USB devices or CDs/DVDs, shared network places, and your ACDSee 365 account.

Each time you click on a folder, an item count displays the number of items in the folder. Item counts appear next to each folder on the right after they have been first visited and cached in the database. The item count includes all file types and folders. The number of nested folders is not counted.

Viewing Multiple Folders

To view multiple folders, do one of the following:

To select a group of folders, press Shift and click the folders you want to view.
To select specific folders, press Command and click the folders you want to view.

Creating and Managing Folders

You can use the Folders panes to create, delete, rename, and move folders on your hard drive to help organize your files.

To Manage Your Folders:

In the Folders pane, browse to where you want to add, delete, move, or rename a folder.
Do one of the following:
- To create a folder, click File | New Folder. Type a name for the new folder and press Enter.
- To delete a folder, control-click on a folder and select Move to Trash.
- To move a folder, select the folder and drag and drop it into its new location.
- To rename a folder, select the folder you want to rename and select Edit | Rename. Type a new name for the folder and click Rename.

You cannot rename a drive or any folder on a read-only file system, such as a CD-ROM.

Show Item in Finder

You can view the location of your file in Finder.

To Show an Item in Finder:

In the Folders pane, control-click a folder and select Show in Finder.

Managing Items in Favorites

By default ACDSee displays Pictures, Desktop, and user's name. Item counts appear beside each folder in Favorites. Double-clicking an item in Place in ACDSee highlights its location in the folder tree.

To Add an Item to Favorites:

Drag and drop items on the title "Favorites" or anywhere within the Favorites section. You can also change the order of the items by dragging and dropping files.

To Remove an Item From Favorites:

To remove an item from Favorites, control-click the item and select Remove from Favorites.

Adding anything from Removable Volumes to Favorites is a temporary action. Upon closing the application or ejecting the volume, the item will disappear from Favorites.

You can use Favorites to navigate to a folder containing your images.

To Browse in Favorites:

In Manage mode, in the left pane, click Favorites. The folders Pictures, Desktop, and a folder with your user name are displayed.
Click on a folder to display its contents in the File List pane.
In the File List pane, navigate to the folder you want to view.