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10<td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td><td width="*" align="center"><a name="addingfiles"><font size="5" face="Verdana"><strong>5.3: Adding Files</strong></font></a></td><td width="15%" align="center"><img width="45" src="../gatherer_medium.gif" height="45"></td>
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14This section shows how to get files into your collection.
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27<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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31<td colspan="1"> </td><td colspan="2">
32 Dragging a file
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38 Multiple files
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44<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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49 Existing metadata
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61<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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63Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping. The mouse
64pointer becomes a ghost of the selected item (or, if more than one is selected,
65the number of them). Drop the selection into the Collection Tree to copy the
66files there (if the source was the Workspace Tree) or move them around within
67the collection (if the source was the Collection Tree).
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69When copying multiple files, they are all placed in the target folder at the
70same level, irrespective of the folder structure they occupied originally.
71When you copy a second file with the same name into the same folder, you are
72asked whether to overwrite the first one. Respond "No" and the file will not be
73copied, but the others will be. To cancel all remaining copy actions, click the
74"stop" button.
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76Only the "highest" items in a selection are moved. A folder is higher than its
77children. You cannot select files within a folder and also the folder itself.
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79<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
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81When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source
82folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the
83added file and, if it finds one, begins to import this metadata. As the
84operation proceeds, you may be prompted (perhaps several times) for extra
85information to match the imported metadata to the metadata sets in your
86collection. This process involves many different prompts, described in the <a href="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata.htm#importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</a> section. For a more detailed
87explanation of associating metadata with files read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
88Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
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