About the ACDSee Free User Interface

Browse mode is the main browsing and managing component of the user interface, and is what you see when you start ACDSee Free using the shortcut icon on your desktop. In Browse mode, you can find, move, preview, and sort your files.

In Browse mode, the File List pane is always visible, and displays the contents of the current folder, the results of your latest search, or the files in your database that match your filtering criteria. A status bar at the bottom of the Browse mode window displays information about the currently selected file, folder, or category.

Browse mode also features a toolbar and a set of drop-down menus. The toolbar provides buttons for your home folder, and for navigating forwards and backwards through your folders. The drop-down menus provide quick access to the most common tasks.

In View mode you can play media files and display images and documents in full resolution, one at a time.

You can open View mode by selecting an image or document and clicking on the View mode tab, and you can use the Filmstrip in View mode to flip quickly between all of the files in a folder. View mode contains a toolbar with shortcuts to commonly-used commands, and a status bar at the bottom of the window, which displays information about the current image or media file.

Dashboard mode allows you to quickly access and browse file, camera, and database statistics based on your ACDSee database and EXIF information.