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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.
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19 Contents
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27<td colspan="3"><a href="#simple">Simple Instructions:</a></td>
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32 How to view the gather screen
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38 The file trees
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44 The status area
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50 Control buttons
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56<td colspan="3"><a href="#advanced">Advanced Instructions:</a></td>
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61 Selection methods
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67 Special folder mapping
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79<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="simple"> Simple Instructions:</a>
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81The Librarian Interface starts with the Gather view. To return to this view
82later, click the "Gather" tab directly below the menu bar.
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84The two large areas titled "Workspace" and "Collection" are used to move files
85into your collection. They contain "file trees", graphical structures that
86represent files and folders.
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88Select an item in the tree by clicking it. (There are other ways; see below.)
89Double-click a folder, or single-click the switch symbol beside it, to expand (or collapse)
90its contents. Double-click a file to open it using its associated application
91program (see <a href="fileassociations.htm#fileassociations">File Associations</a>).
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94The Workspace file tree shows the sources of data available to the Librarian
95Interface -- the local file system (including disk and CD-ROM drives), the
96contents of existing Greenstone collections, and the cache of downloaded files if Web mirroring is enabled. You can copy and view these files
97but you cannot move, delete, or edit them, with the exception of the downloaded files, which can be deleted. Navigate this space to find the
98files you want to include in the collection.
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101The Collection file tree represents the contents of the collection so
102far. Initially, it is empty.
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104You can resize the spaces by mousing over the grey bar that separates the trees
105(the shape of the pointer changes) and dragging.
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107Beneath is the Status Area, which describes the state of the Librarian
108Interface: how many items are selected and what action is requested. It
109reports on the progress of actions that involve files, which can take some time
110to complete. The "Stop" button stops any action that is currently in progress.
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112Two large buttons occupy the lower right corner of the screen. "New Folder", with a picture
113of a folder, creates new folders (see <a href="creatingfolders.htm#creatingfolders">Creating folders</a>).
114"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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116<img width="20" src="../gatherer_small.gif" height="20"><a name="advanced"> Advanced Instructions:</a>
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118To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift]
119and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening
120items. Select non-sequential files by holding down [Ctrl] while clicking. Use
121these two methods together to select groups of non-adjacent items.
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123Certain folders -- such as the one containing your own web pages -- sometimes
124have special significance. The Librarian Interface can map such folders to
125the first level of the file tree. To do this, right-click the desired
126folder. Select "Map", and enter a name for the folder. To remove an item,
127right-click the mapped folder and select "Unmap Folder".
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