Grouping files

If you have to browse a lot of images in the File List you should consider using Group By to organize images into different groups. You may find it easier to find images when they are organized into groups. For example, if you use more than one camera you can quickly organize your images according to the camera you used to capture the images. Similarly, if you save your images into different file formats you can quickly organize your images according to their file format.

To group files in the File List:

1. Browse to the folder or folders containing your files.

2. Do one of the following:

3. Click View | Group By and select a group option.

4. Click the Group By button on the File List pane toolbar and select a group option.

Navigating through groups in the File List:

• To expand and collapse specific groups click the Expand or Collapse arrows, which are located on the left side of the group header.

• To expand and collapse all groups right-click a group header and select either Open All Groups or Close All Groups.

• To display a preview of the images in a closed group, hover your mouse cursor over the group header.

• To scroll through multiple groups click the Next Group and Previous Group buttons, which are located at the bottom of the File List scroll bar.

• To quickly jump to a specific group, display the table of contents and click the group that you want to display. To display the table of contents do one of the following:

• Click View | Group By | Table of Contents.

• Click the Group By button on the File List pane toolbar and select Table of Contents.

• At the bottom of the File List scroll bar click the Table of Contents button.

• To change the sort order of the groups do one of the following:

• Click View | Group By and select either Group Forward or Group Backward.

• Click the Group By button on the File List pane toolbar and select either Group Forward or Group Backward.

Removing groups from the File List:

Do one of the following:

• Click View | Group By | None.

• Click the Group By button on the File List pane toolbar and select None.

Selecting files in one or more groups:

To select files in groups do one of the following:

• Click the group header to select all of the files in that group.

• Press and hold the Ctrl key and click on two or more group headers to select all of the files in those groups.