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 Importing from text Search Settings Field Defaults Editing Comics Editing Multiple Comics Adding Links and Backdrops List Items and more Updating Comics Find Cover Image Update File Links The Options Screen Managing Loans Editing List Icons Managing your Wish List Customizing Comic Collector Changing the layout Custom Field Names Sorting your Collection Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Using Folders Activating Connect Sync & Share Synchronizing with Connect Linking your comics for Connect CLZ Comics for iPhone/iPod CLZ Comics for iPad CLZ Comics for Android Printing a Simple List Collection Statistics Using the Filter screen The Collectorz.com comic database Updating Comic Collector Print screen Keyboard Shortcuts Field Reference Creating a Backup Glossary of comic related terms Lists for insurance purposes Data Submission Guidelines Validating Comic Collector
Editing List Icons
Changing List Icons
With Comic Collector 5 you can now customize any format or folder icon with an image from your computer. Below, (Figure 1) you can see how icons have been added to the Publisher list. These icons are then shown when using Folder View (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Publisher List
How to:
- Click Tools > Edit Lists from the main menu
- Use the yellow folder icon located in the top left of the Manage Lookup List screen to locate the list you wish to edit
- Double click on a list entry to view the Edit window
- Click the Browse button to locate images on your computer
You can define two types of images, a small thumbnail icon, and a larger template icon. Thumbnail images will appear in the main list, template icons will appear in the Detail Template.
N.B. Template icons are only used for the Region and Publisher.
Figure 2: Main List
