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
How to search your Collection
With a large collection, searching for a particular movie can be tiresome. Fortunately Movie Collector has excellent search options:
Incremental Search
If you know the exact name of the movie, a good way to find its entry in your database is using Movie Collector's "incremental search" feature. Easy, yet very effective.
- First, make sure all movies 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 movie: 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 movie that matches. In most cases, three letters are enough to find the movie 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 'Director' column header then start typing, the Incremental Search will search the Director column.
Quick Search
The quick search allows you to search your entire database. It searches all fields within your collection. You can search for actor 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
Searching your Movie List
Advanced
Movie Collector Pro also allows you to create advanced filters to search for specific movies. Click here to learn more.
