Comic Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Comic Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding your first comic How to search your Collection Adding Comics Automatically Adding Comics Manually Barcode Scanning Field Defaults Importing from text Editing Comics Adding Links and Backdrops Editing Multiple Comics List Items and more Update File Links Updating Comics Find Cover Image The Options Screen Editing List Icons Search Settings Managing your Wish List Customizing Comic Collector Custom Field Names Changing the layout Sorting your Collection Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items CLZ Comics for iPhone/iPod CLZ Comics for Android CLZ Comics for iPad Synchronize with Connect Managing Loans Printing a Simple List Using the Filter screen Collection Statistics Exporting your collection Database Totals Print screen The Collectorz.com comic database Field Reference Lists for insurance purposes Glossary of comic related terms Updating Comic Collector Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Linking comics Data Submission Guidelines Validating Comic Collector
Customizing Comic Collector
Screen Font
Increase and decrease main screen font size:Windows: Ctrl + PLUS and Ctrl + MINUS
Mac: Cmd + PLUS and Cmd + MINUS
The options for fonts can also be found under the view menu.
Choose a different font:
On Windows: Tools > Options > Screen FontBe careful not to choose Webdings or Windings (or a similar graphics font). If it does happen (of course accidentally), click here to see how to change it back.
On Mac: View > Change Font
Screen Layout
To change the way your Main Screen looks:
- In the menu, choose View > Screen Layout
- Now choose one from the available layouts
Note for Mac users If you're on a Mac, use the Switch button at the bottom of the screen or the 2 small icons to the left of it to change your view as well.
The Full Height Details is a nice one, it gives you more space to view the detail of the selected comic.
The Full Height Tree layout works well for most people though, which is why that one is selected as the "default" view.
You can resize the individual panels too, just drag
the dividers that separate them.
Templates
Most users like to customize the look of the comic details in the lower right. Here's how you do it:
- Right click the details panel and choose "Details View Template / Templates for Details View" from the popup-menu that appears. The menu will expand to show you the available layouts.
- Choose a layout and another sub-menu appears with the available styles for that layout.
- Now choose a style and the appearance of the comic details will change to your selected layout and style.
List Columns
Which columns are shown in the list is fully configurable. Just follow these steps:- Right click the column header of the list and choose Columns, then Choose Columns.
- In the Column Field Selection screen, use the checkboxes to decide which fields to show as columns. Check the ones you want, uncheck the ones you don't want, it's as simple as that.
- Change the order of the columns by dragging the field names up or down.
- When you're done, click OK.