To Rate Files With Bridge; To Search For Files And Folders With Bridge - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

See also
"About Adobe Bridge" on page 79
"To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge" on page 86

To rate files with Bridge

You can assign ratings to files, awarding from zero to five stars. Using the View > Sort menu or Unfilter button, you
can choose to view files according to their rating.
For example, suppose you've just imported a large number of images and are viewing them in Bridge. As you review
each new image, you can rate them from best to worst. After this initial pass, you can view only files you've rated with
four or five stars and work on those.
1 Select one or more files.
Do any of the following:
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• In Thumbnail view, click the dot representing the number of stars you want to give the file. (Dots do not appear
in very small thumbnail views. If necessary, rescale the thumbnail view until the dots appear.)
Choose a rating from the Label menu.
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• To add one star, choose Label > Increase Rating.
To remove one star, choose Label > Decrease Rating.
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To remove all stars, choose Label > No Rating or click the No Rating icon
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See also
"About Adobe Bridge" on page 79
"To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge" on page 86

To search for files and folders with Bridge

You can perform searches with Bridge. You can narrow your search by adding multiple search criteria. You can even
save your search criteria as a collection, so that you can perform the same search again later.
Note: For information on searching for Adobe Stock Photos with Bridge, see Help.
1 Choose Edit > Find.
In the Find dialog box, choose a source folder from the Look In menu. By default, the menu displays the currently
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active folder. Click the Browse button to navigate to another folder.
3 (Optional) Select Include All Subfolders to expand the search to any subfolders in the source folder.
(Optional) Select Search Past Versions Of Version Cue Files to include past versions of Adobe Version Cue files,
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as well as current ones, in the search.
(Optional) Select Show Find In A New Browser Window to display the search results in a new Bridge window. If
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left unselected, the search results appear in the content area of the current window.
Choose a criterion for your search by selecting an option from the leftmost Criteria menu.
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Select a limiter from the center Criteria menu.
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8 Enter the search text in the text box at the right, if needed. You can enter basic search terms such as AND, OR, and
* (for wild cards).
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