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Multimedia Manager 2.5a - User Guide and FAQ
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Working with files
Quick step by step procedures to manage files:
- Change to directory where you will manage your files and set files filter if you want to filter certain files.
- Select files (by holding key while moving arrow keys or holding and left click to select multiple files at once)
- Drag them to the list box under the file list box (or just press Insert to do so)
- Click in the list box toolbar and select the action that you want to do on those files (copy, move, delete, batch conversion, slide show, compress to ZIP, etc).
Tips:
- You can drag and drop files from Multimedia Manager to Explorer or vice versa
- Use bookmark to switch between directories quickly
- Utilize the list box feature to store multiple files easily
- Select "Tool - MS-DOS Prompt" to go to DOS prompt if you want to format disk or check disk free space
- You can open more than one instance of Multimedia Manager if you like to.
Drag and drop support
These are some examples how to use the drag and drop support in Multimedia Manager:
- You can drag and drop file from any window (Explorer, desktop, etc) to Multimedia Manager's icon on the desktop. If the file format is supported, the file will be opened automatically.
- You can drag and drop files from Multimedia Manager to any window (Explorer, desktop, etc). E.g. if you drag and drop files from Multimedia Manager to another folder in Windows Explorer, this will copy the files to that folder.
- Also, you may drag and drop files from any window to Multimedia Manager. The result depends on the drop target. If the drop target is Multimedia Manager's display window, the file will be opened quickly. If the drop target is Multimedia Manager's file list box, the files will be copied (also depends on the folder where you drop the files). Or, if you drop the files to Multimedia Manager's list box, the files will be added to the list box.
Tips: you can also drag and drop file from the list box to the display window if you want open it quickly.
View images as slide show
To view images in the current directory as slide show quickly, select "Tools - Slide Show".
To create a slide show of your favorite images, put the files in the list box then click the hand button and select "Slide Show".
You can save the list box contents by clicking the hand button and select "Files - Save To File". This will save your favorite images to a collection file. So the next time you want to view them again, just select "Files - Load From File" to load them to the list box and select "Slide Show" again to view the images in slide show mode.
In slide show mode, you can control the slide show by using your keyboard or your mouse. To display the next slide, double click the image or press Enter. Press Esc to stop the slide show.
For more advanced commands, right click your mouse on the screen to popup a slide show menu.
Creating thumbnail images for web page
To create thumbnail images for your web page, follow these easy steps:
- Select the images you want to use as thumbnails (usually GIF or JPG)
- Select "Convert Images" from File menu
- Check the "Resize Image" checkbox and set the thumbnails size you want (assume that your images have similar size)
- Or, check the "Resize Image Proportionally" if you want to resize the images proportionally (e.g. 50% from their original size)
- Set other settings you want (image format, save resolution, etc)
- Press "Convert" button to start converting the images to a smaller size
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