About AlbumShelf

    AlbumShelf is used to hold your albums, you cannot put your images directly into an AlbumShelf. An AlbumShelf can hold unlimited number of Albums.

Create New AlbumShelf

    To get a new AlbumShelf, you can select New Shelf in the File menu, or press Ctrl+H, then a Shelf icon will appear in the Album Management area. The default Shelf name is "Shelf", you can click the shelf name to change it.

Operations with AlbumShelf

• Click: Select the Shelf and show all the albums in current Shelf in the Thumbnail Window.
• Double-Click: Open/Close the Album icon list below the Shelf icon.
• Right-Click: Pop up a menu with the following items:
1. New Album ---- Create a new Album, the Default album name is: Album.
2. Import ---- Import images into the selected Album.
3. Open ---- Open Shelf and list the icons of all the Albums in this Shelf below the shelf icon.
4. Close ---- Close the Shelf and hide all the Album icons below the shelf icon.
5. Find ---- Find images in the selected Album, see Find Images.
6. Delete ---- Move the selected Shelf, including all the albums inside, to Recycle Bin.
7. Rename ---- Change the name of the shelf.
8. Export to CD ---- Save a backup of this Shelf to a CD. It requires a CD-RW. See also CD Burn.
9. Properties ---- Show the Shelf Properties dialog.

AlbumShelf Properties

    There are three ways to call AlbumShelf Properties dialog box: you can select an AlbumShelf and then click Properties in the File menu, you can Right-Click an AlbumShelf and then select Properties in the pop-up menu, or you can select an AlbumShelf and click on the PhotoFamily Toolbar. The AlbumShelf Properties dialog is shown below:

There are 6 items in this dialogue box:

1. Name ---- The name of the shelf. Default name is Shelf.
2. Albums ---- The number of the albums in this shelf.
3. Images ---- The total number of images in this shelf.
4. Size ---- Total size of all images in this shelf.
5. Date ---- Creation date.
6. Note ---- User's description of this Shelf. You can add some personal information concerning this AlbumShelf into Note.