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To open a folder in the current browser:
■
Double-click the folder, or click the Ex-
pand/Collapse icon for the item.
To create and open a folder in its own new
browser:
■
Control-double-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-double-click (Mac) the folder. The previ-
ous (parent) Browser window remains open.
Scrolling and Moving Selections
To scroll the active pane up or down:
■
Press the Page Up or Page Down key.
To scroll to the top or bottom of the active pane:
■
Press Home (for the top) or End (for the bot-
tom).
To move items up or down in the current browser:
1
Select items in a browser, and make sure that
window is in the foreground.
2
Press the Up or Down Arrow key.
Text Entry in Browsers
Many text fields can be edited to replace or up-
date data for an item.
To enter an edit to a text field and exit, and return
to the previous display state:
■
Press Enter.
To revert to the previous text and cancel a text
edit:
■
Press Esc.
Designating Volumes for Record,
Playback, and Transfer
To manage volumes and data, the Workspace
browser lets you designate volumes as R (Record
and Playback), P (Playback only), or T (Transfer).
Separate columns are provided for audio desig-
nation (“A”) and video (“V”).
For detailed information on volume designa-
tion, see “Audio and Video Volume Designa-
tors” on page 196.
Indexing DigiBase Databases
Indexing is the process of reading media files,
extracting just the metadata for each file, then
storing that data in an associated database so
that it may be displayed in the columns of a
browser. Once a volume or folder has been fully
indexed, it can be searched very quickly because
all of the metadata has already been sorted and
organized.
If a volume or folder has not been indexed, it is
indexed automatically the first time it is opened
in a DigiBase browser. Volumes or folders con-
taining a lot of media files can take a long time
to index. For this reason, you may want to man-
ually index specific volumes or files prior to
starting a project to help expedite workflow.
With the browser in the foreground and the
folder selected, press Down Arrow
key (Windows) or Down Arrow
key (Mac) to open a folder in the current
browser.
With the browser in the foreground and the
folder selected, press Alt+Down
Arrow key (Windows) or Op-
tion+Down Arrow key (Mac) to open a
folder in its own new browser.
For details on column editing, see “Column
Data” on page 177.