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
Keyboard Shortcuts
You can speed up a lot of your daily tasks with keyboard shortcuts. These shortcuts are a great time saver and (most of them, at least) are very easy to remember. Here's an overview of keyboard shortcuts in Movie Collector.
These keyboard shortcuts are a combination of two, and sometimes three, keys. They should be pressed in the order shown and be held down until the second (or third) key is pressed.
An Overview of Keyboard Shortcuts
| Windows | |
| Ctrl + O | Open Database |
| Ctrl + S | Save Database |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ins | Add Movies Automatically |
| Shift + Ins | Add Movie Manually |
| Ctrl + Enter | Edit Movie |
| Shift + Enter | Edit Mutliple Movies |
| Ctrl + Ins | Duplicate Movie |
| Ctrl + U | Update Movie(s) Automatically |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + F | Quick Search |
| Ctrl + Alt + F | Filter On/Off |
| F5 | Refresh |
| F1 | Manual |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | Reset Toolbars |
| Ctrl + + | Increase Font Size |
| Ctrl + - | Decrease Font Size |
| Ctrl + 0 | Reset Font Size |
| Ctrl + R | Select Random |
| When in Edit Movie Screen (Windows only) | |
| F2 | Edit Value (for lookup fields) |
| F4 | Enter Current Date (in date field) |
| F8 | Clear Field (in edit multiple |
| Mac | |
| Cmd + , | Preferences |
| Cmd + H | Hide Movie Collector |
| Option + Cmd + H | Hide Others |
| Cmd + Q | Quit Movie Collector |
| Cmd + N | New |
| Cmd + O | Open |
| Cmd + S | Save |
| Shift + Cmd + S | Save As |
| Shift + Cmd + P | Page Setup |
| Cmd + P | |
| Shift + Cmd + M | Import From Other Collection |
| Cmd + I | Import From XML |
| Shift + Cmd + E | Export To HTML |
| Option + Cmd + I | Export To iPhone or iPod Touch |
| Cmd + X | Cut |
| Cmd + C | Copy |
| Cmd + V | Paste |
| Cmd + A | Select All |
| Cmd + R | Select Random |
| Option + Cmd + N | Add Movie Automatically |
| Shift + Cmd + N | Add Movie Manually |
| Cmd + E | Edit Movie |
| Cmd + M | Edit Multiple Movies |
| Cmd + D | Duplicate Movie |
| Cmd + Backspace | Remove Movies |
| Cmd + U | Update Movie Automatically |
| Option + Cmd + T | Special Characters |
| Cmd + F | Quick Search |
| Shift + Cmd + C | Synchronize To Connect |