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9<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>4.3: 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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13This section shows how to get files into your collection.
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26<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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31 Dragging a file
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37 Multiple files
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43<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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48 Existing metadata
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60<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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62Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping. The mouse
63pointer becomes a ghost of the selected item (or, if more than one is selected,
64the number of them). Drop the selection into the Collection Tree to copy the
65files there (if the source was the Workspace Tree) or move them around within
66the collection (if the source was the Collection Tree).
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68When copying multiple files, they are all placed in the target folder at the
69same level, irrespective of the folder structure they occupied originally.
70When you copy a second file with the same name into the same folder, you are
71asked whether to overwrite the first one. Respond "No" and the file will not be
72copied, but the others will be. To cancel all remaining copy actions, click the
73"stop" button.
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75Only the "highest" items in a selection are moved. A folder is higher than its
76children. You cannot select files within a folder and also the folder itself.
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78<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
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80When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source
81folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the
82added file and, if it finds one, begins to import this metadata. As the
83operation proceeds, you may be prompted (perhaps several times) for extra
84information to match the imported metadata to the metadata sets in your
85collection. This process involves many different prompts, described in the <a href="importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata.htm#importingpreviouslyassignedmetadata">Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</a> section. For a more detailed
86explanation of associating metadata with files read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone
87Developer's Guide -- Getting the most out of your documents.
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