Book Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Book Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding Books How to search your Collection Adding Books Automatically Adding Books Manually Barcode Scanning Adding e-book Files Search Settings Importing from text Managing your Wish List Importing from Windows/XML Field Defaults Editing Books Editing Multiple Books List Items and more Adding Links and Files Update File Links Find Cover Image Managing Pseudonyms Editing List Icons Adding a Box Set Changing the layout Sorting your Collection Custom Field Names Using Folders Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Customizing Book Collector Activating Connect Sync & Share Linking your books for Connect CLZ Books for iPhone/iPod CLZ Books for Android CLZ Books HD for iPad Loan Manager Printing a Simple List Lists for insurance purposes Using the Filter screen Updating Book Collector The Options Screen Print screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Data Submission Guidelines Lists for insurance purposes Collection Statistics Validating Book Collector Field Reference
How to search your Collection
With a large collection, searching for a particular book can be tiresome. Fortunately Book Collector has excellent search options:
Incremental Search
If you know the exact name of the book, a good way to find its entry in your database is using Book Collector's "incremental search" feature. Easy, yet very effective.
- First, make sure all books are shown in the "list panel" on the right
side of the screen. Tip: Choose: View > Folders > No Folder
- Make sure the list is sorted by Title. Click on the header of the Title column to make it so.
- Now, let's find your book: Click in the list once, then type the first few letters of the title. Notice that while you type, the selection bar instantly jumps to the first book that matches. In most cases, three letters are enough to find the book you're looking for.
Tip: The incremental search can be used with any field. Simply click the column header for the column you wish to search in, then start typing. e.g. If you click the 'Author' column header then start typing, the Incremental Search will search the Author column.
Quick Search
The quick search allows you to search your entire database. It searches all fields within your collection. You can search for character names, or even random words. The results will be displayed in your Main List. Select a result from the main list and the Detail Template will highlight the search term. Check out our demo video to see this in action.
To restore your entire list:
- Clear the Quick search box and press Enter, or
- Turn of the filter by click the blue funnel icon to the right of the Quick Search Box, or choose: Search > Filter On/Off from the menu.
Searching your Book List
Advanced
Book Collector Pro also allows you to create advanced filters to search for specific books. Click here to learn more.
