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Browsing Files By Date or Event

With the Calendar pane you can browse your collection of image and media files using the dates associated with each file. The Calendar pane includes Events, Year, Month, Day view and the Photo Calendar, which shows thumbnails per day within a month. You can click any date in the Calendar pane to display a list of files associated with that date.

To Open the Calendar Pane:

In Manage mode, click View | Calendar.

The Calendar pane opens in the center File List pane area.

Your images will not display in the Calendar pane until you have either browsed the folder containing the images or used the Catalog Files Wizard to catalog your images so they are in the ACDSee database.

If you are using the Photo Calendar, you only see thumbnails if there are photos on a particular day in that month. Days that have no photo, are blank.

Calendar Pane View Options

	Events View	Switches the Calendar pane to Events view. In the Events view you see only those months during which images or media files are available. Next to the month you see the number of dates on which images or media files are available. Expand the month to see the dates and the number of pictures available for those dates. You can add a description and a thumbnail image to help you remember the event.
	Year View	Switches the Calendar pane to Year view. In Year view you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific year. Next to the year you see how many images or media files are associated with that year. The months during which images or media files are available are highlighted.
	Month View	Switches the Calendar pane to Month view. In Month view you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific month. Next to the month you see how many images or media files are associated with that month. The dates on which images or media files are available are highlighted.
	Day View	Switches the Calendar pane to Day view. In Day view you see a series of tables. Each table represents a specific day. Next to the date you see how many images or media files are associated with that date. The time at which the images or media files are available are highlighted.
	Photo Calendar	Switches the Calendar pane to the Photo Calendar. In the Photo Calendar, you see a single month with thumbnails for any day that contains photos. A pop-up of the first four images opens if you hover your cursor over a thumbnail. Click on a thumbnail and all the pictures for that date display in the File List. The total number of photos belonging to that month is in the top right corner of the calendar. Drag the title bar to float this pane onto another monitor and drag a corner to resize it and make the thumbnails bigger or smaller.
	Options	Use the Calendar pane options to specify which date you want to use to organize your files. For example, you can quickly change the setting so that the photos are displayed by the following: Date the ACDSee database cataloged the file Date the image was taken Date the file was modified Date the file was loaded to your computer Select Options to open the Calendar dialog, where you can set filter options, choose the day to start the week, and set clock formats.
	Table of Contents	Opens a list of event dates. Only available in Events View.

Adding Descriptions and Thumbnails in Events View

You can add a description and a thumbnail image to dates in Events view to help you remember the event.

Try right-clicking the Calendar Title bar and select Floating to move the pane to a new location.

To Add a Description to a Date in Events View:

Expand the month to see the dates on which images or media files are available.
Click Enter event description here and replace the highlighted text with a new description.
Press Enter or click outside of the description area. The description is saved.

To Select a Specific Thumbnail in the Events View or Photo Calendar:

Expand the month to see the dates on which images or media files are available.
Click on a date to display the images or media files in the File List pane.
Click and drag an image or media file and drag it to the thumbnail area for the date.

When you release the mouse button the thumbnail is saved. You can reset the default thumbnail by right-clicking the thumbnail and selecting Restore Default Thumbnail.

To Navigate a Long List of Dates in Events View:

To expand and collapse specific groups click the +/- signs which are located on the left side of the group header.
To expand and collapse all groups right-click a group header and select either Open All Groups or Close All Groups.
To scroll through multiple groups click the Next Group and Previous Group buttons, which are located at the bottom of the File List scroll bar.
At the bottom of the Calendar pane scroll bar, click the Table of Contents button and select a date.