Setting Manage tab preferences


You can set controls for how image thumbnails that you access from the Manage tab appear, and you can specify formats and folders to exclude from viewing.

To set Manage tab preferences

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Edit tab 
Manage tab 
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 Click Manage in the list of categories on the left.
3 Perform one or more of the following tasks and click OK.

 

To
Do the following
Show photo ratings on thumbnails
In the Thumbnail images group box, mark the Show ratings with thumbnail images check box.
Show the image filename on thumbnails
In the Thumbnail images group box, mark the Show file name with thumbnail images check box.
Exclude specific file formats from appearing in the Manage tab
In the Excluded items group box, click the File format exclusions button. From the left side of the File Format Exclusions dialog box, mark the check boxes of the file formats you want to exclude. To mark all formats simultaneously, click Select All. To remove the check marks from all selected formats, click Remove All.
Specify folders to exclude from cataloging
In the Excluded items group box, click the Uncataloged Folders button. The Uncataloged Folders dialog box lists the folders that are currently not cataloged in the Manage tab. To add a folder to this list, click Add, and then use the Browse for Folder dialog box to select the folder. To allow a currently ignored folder to be cataloged, select the folder from the list, and click Delete. To reset the list of ignored folders to the default list, click the Reset to Default button.

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You can also open the Preferences dialog box by right-clicking anywhere inside the Thumbnails panel, and choosing Preferences from the context menu.

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