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+ | ====== Collecting Files for Your Collection ====== | ||
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+ | These may come from your ordinary file space, from previously downloaded files, | ||
+ | or from other Greenstone collections. | ||
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+ | ===== The Gather Panel ===== | ||
+ | The Gather panel is where you add documents to your collections. It contains | ||
+ | two large areas: " | ||
+ | the sources of data available to the GLI -- the local file system | ||
+ | (including disk and CD-ROM drives), the contents of existing Greenstone collections (// | ||
+ | Greenstone Collections// | ||
+ | and the cache of downloaded files (// | ||
+ | files, | ||
+ | Navigate this space to find the files you want to include in the collection. | ||
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+ | or single-click the switch symbol beside it, to expand (or collapse) its contents. | ||
+ | Double-click a file (or right-click and select "Open in External Program" | ||
+ | open it using its associated application program | ||
+ | (see [[en: | ||
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+ | The Collection file tree represents the contents of the collection so far. | ||
+ | Initially, it is empty. | ||
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+ | At the bottom of the window is a status area that shows | ||
+ | the progress of actions involving files (copying, moving and deleting). | ||
+ | These can take some time to complete. The " | ||
+ | that is currently in progress. | ||
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+ | Two large buttons occupy the lower right corner of the screen. | ||
+ | "New Folder", | ||
+ | (see [[#Creating Folders]]). " | ||
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+ | Collection file tree. Alternatively, | ||
+ | them onto the Delete button. | ||
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+ | To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift] and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening items. | ||
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+ | ===== Creating A Shortcut in the Workspace Tree ===== | ||
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+ | sometimes have special significance. If you like, the Librarian Interface can map | ||
+ | them to the top level of the file tree. To do this, right-click the desired folder. | ||
+ | Select " | ||
+ | right-click the mapped folder and select " | ||
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+ | ===== Adding Files ===== | ||
+ | Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping. | ||
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+ | When copying multiple files, they are all placed in the target folder at the same level, irrespective of the folder structure they occupied originally. When you copy a second file with the same name into the same folder, you are asked whether to overwrite the first one. Respond " | ||
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+ | Only the " | ||
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+ | When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the added file and, if it finds one, begins to import this metadata. | ||
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+ | You can also add a " | ||
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+ | ===== Creating Folders ===== | ||
+ | Use folders in the Collection file tree to group files together and make them easier to find. Folders can be placed inside folders. | ||
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+ | To create a new folder, click right in the Collection Pane (or click right on an existing folder in the Collection Tree to insert the new folder in it) and click on the New Folder option. The new folder appears within the selected one, or at the top level if none is selected. You are prompted for the folder' | ||
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+ | ===== Renaming and Replacing Files ===== | ||
+ | Files can be renamed by right-clicking them and selecting " | ||
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+ | Files can be replaced in the collection by right-clicking the file to replace and choosing " | ||
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+ | Some file types are converted to HTML by third-party software during import, for example, Word, Excel, PDF etc. The HTML produced during import may not be very well formatted. These documents have a further right-click option: " | ||
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+ | ===== Removing Files ===== | ||
+ | To remove files from your collection, select the file(s) you wish to delete and either: | ||
+ | * click the " | ||
+ | * press the [Delete] key on your keyboard, or | ||
+ | * drag them from the collection to the delete button and drop them there. | ||
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+ | ===== " | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | ===== Filtering the Trees ===== | ||
+ | " | ||
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+ | The "Show Files" pull-down menu underneath each tree shows a list of predefined filters, such as " | ||
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