Movie Collector Manual
for Windows edition
Welcome to Movie Collector Download and Install Navigating the Main Screen Adding your First Movie How to search your Collection Adding Movies Automatically Adding Movies Manually Barcode Scanning Adding Movie Files Field Defaults Search Settings Importing from text Managing your Wish List Adding a Box Set Importing from Windows/XML Editing Movies List Items and more Editing Multiple Movies Find Cover Image Adding Trailers, Links and Files Editing List Icons Loan Manager Update File Links Customizing Movie Collector Changing the layout Custom Field Names Sorting your Collection Using Folders Custom Views Edit, Merge List Items Activating Connect Sync & Share Synchronize with Connect Linking your movies for Connect CLZ Movies for iPhone/iPod CLZ Movies for Android CLZ Movies HD for iPad Using the Filter screen Collection Statistics Printing a Simple List Browsing your movies on Vista Media Center Print Screen Updating Movie Collector The Collectorz.com movie database Field Reference Data Submission Guidelines The Options Screen Keyboard Shortcuts Creating a Backup Validating Movie Collector Add/Edit Movie Screen
Using Folders
Note: The ability to create your own folder sets is a PRO feature only. If you wish to create your own folder sets and you own a standard license, you'll need to Upgrade to Pro.
Introduction
Folders allow you to browse your collection via the Main Screen in various ways. For example, you can organize your collection into Genre, Format, Release or Rating folders, and many, many more. Almost any field in Movie Collector can be set as a folder. You can also create folders within folders. Movie Collector comes with a variety of preset folders, but you can also create your own custom sets.
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Defining Folders
You can define a folder via the Folder Field Selection screen.
- Click View > Folders > Choose Folder Fields
You'll now see the Folder Field Selection screen.
Folder Field Selection Screen
Saved Field Sets are shown on the right. Fields available for use as Folders are shown on the right. Select a Saved Set on the right to view which fields are used with that set. For example, if you select 'Genre', from the Saved Field/Folder Set, you'll see Genre shown in the Selected Folders section.
Tick the boxes for the fields you wish to use as Folders (Mac users: Click and drag from the section on the left to the Selected Folders area on the right)
Back to ContentsSelecting Folders
After defining a Saved Field Set, you can select it via the menu View > Folders or by clicking the Folder icon at the top of the Tree List. The selected folder set's name will appear next to the folder at the top of the Tree List.
If you wish to disable folders, click View > Folders > No Folders.
Back to ContentsThe [None] Folder
When selecting certain Folder Sets, you may notice the [None] folder at the top of the list.
The [None] folder defines movies in your collection that have not been assigned a value for the folder set you've selected. For example, if you have selected Genre folders, the [None] Folder will contain movies in your collection that do not have a Genre assigned. If the Subject folders are selected, then the [None] folder represents movies that do not have a Subject, etc.
To remove items from the [None] Folder, you will need to specify a value for the movie that appears in the [None] Folder. Open the Edit Movie screen and enter something for that field, the movie will then be moved out of the [None] Folder.
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