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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="thegatherview"><font size="5" face="Verdana"><strong>4.1: The Gather View</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 introduces the Gather area that you use to select what files
14to include in the collection you are building.
15The Librarian Interface starts with the Gather view. To return to this view
16later, click the "Gather" tab directly below the menu bar.
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18The two large areas titled "Workspace" and "Collection" are used to move files
19into your collection. They contain "file trees", graphical structures that
20represent files and folders.
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22Select an item in the tree by clicking it. (There are other ways; see below.)
23Double-click a folder, or single-click the switch symbol beside it, to expand (or collapse)
24its contents. Double-click a file to open it using its associated application
25program (see <a href="fileassociations.htm#fileassociations">File Associations</a>).
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27The Workspace file tree shows the sources of data available to the Librarian Interface -- the local file system (including disk and CD-ROM drives), the contents of existing Greenstone collections, and the cache of downloaded files. You can copy and view these files but you cannot move, delete, or edit them, with the exception of the downloaded files, which can be deleted. Navigate this space to find the files you want to include in the collection.
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29The Collection file tree represents the contents of the collection so
30far. Initially, it is empty.
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32You can resize the spaces by mousing over the grey bar that separates the trees
33(the shape of the pointer changes) and dragging.
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35At the bottom of the window is a status area that shows the progress of actions involving files (copying, moving and deleting). These can take some time to complete. The "Stop" button stops any action that is currently in progress.
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37Two large buttons occupy the lower right corner of the screen. "New Folder", with a picture
38of a folder, creates new folders (see <a href="creatingfolders.htm#creatingfolders">Creating folders</a>).
39"Delete", with a garbage can, removes files. Clicking the Delete button will remove any selected files from the Collection file tree. Alternatively, files can be deleted by dragging them onto the Delete button.
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41To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift]
42and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening
43items. Select non-sequential files by holding down [Ctrl] while clicking. Use
44these two methods together to select groups of non-adjacent items.
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46Certain folders -- such as the one containing your own web pages -- sometimes
47have special significance. The Librarian Interface can map such folders to
48the first level of the file tree. To do this, right-click the desired
49folder. Select "Create Shortcut", and enter a name for the folder. To remove an item,
50right-click the mapped folder and select "Remove Shortcut".
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