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
Changing the layout
You can customize the main screen of Book Collector so it best suits your needs. You can add columns and arrange them in the order you want. But that's by far all you can do with Book Collector. Book Collector has various built-in templates to change the look and feel of your book collection. You can also change the layout of the main screen.
Changing the layout
To change the way your Main Screen looks:
- In the menu, choose View > Screen Layout
- Now choose one from the available layouts
On a Mac? There's another way: use the Switch button at the bottom of the screen or the 2 small icons to the left of that Switch button to change your view.
The change is immediate and allows you to quickly change it back or choose another view. So, try out which view you like most and start customizing your book collection!
TIP: Don't forget you can widen and narrow the different columns! Just click between them, hold you mouse button and drag.
Choosing a different template
Changing the template (the colors and appearance of your Book Collector) is fun and easy. There's quite some choice (also immediate results), so take your time and choose your favorite.- Click: View > Details View Template and ... choose.
- Done.
Although this is all very nice, but what if you want to go back to how it was? Don't panic! No need to look for the original settings.
Time saving tip of the day: To reset Book Collector to it's default settings, click:
Tools > Maintenance > Reset to Defaults
More templates
If you want even more templates to choose from, check out the templates made by customers on our templates pages. Each of these templates come with detailed instructions on how to install them.Note: Since we are not the creators of these templates, please contact the maker of the template if you have specific question about the template.
Creating your own template
If you can not find a template that suits you, Please read more about creating your own templates here.