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== Working with Windows Explorer ==
== Working with Windows Explorer ==


If you enabled this option in the [[Global Settings Wizard]], a new option to Browse with ''SimpleView'' is added to the right-click menu in Windows Explorer when a folder is selected.
If you enabled this option in the [[Global Settings Wizard]], a new option to ''Browse with SimpleView'' is added to the right-click menu in Windows Explorer when a folder is selected.


There is also an ''Open in Explorer'' option in the right-click menu of the ''Folders'' pane.  
There is also an ''Open in Explorer'' option in the right-click menu of the ''Folders'' pane.  


By easily switching back and forth from Explorer to SimpleView, you can use the best sorting and searching features of each as needed.
By easily switching back and forth from Explorer to [[SimpleView]], you can use the best sorting and searching features of each as needed.


== Drag-and-Drop ==
== Drag-and-Drop ==
File and page thumbnails can be moved or copied between  windows using drag-and-drop. You can also select files in Windows Explorer and drag them into the  ''Folders'' and ''Thumbnails'' panes. The reverse also works--dragging folders or files from  to Explorer.
File and page thumbnails can be moved or copied between  windows using drag-and-drop. You can also select files in Windows Explorer and drag them into the  ''Folders'' and ''Thumbnails'' panes. The reverse also works--dragging folders or files from  to Explorer.



Latest revision as of 14:37, 17 January 2022

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The viewer is designed to interoperate fully with Windows Explorer drag-and-drop and clipboard functions for moving and copying files.

Working with Windows Explorer[edit | edit source]

If you enabled this option in the Global Settings Wizard, a new option to Browse with SimpleView is added to the right-click menu in Windows Explorer when a folder is selected.

There is also an Open in Explorer option in the right-click menu of the Folders pane.

By easily switching back and forth from Explorer to SimpleView, you can use the best sorting and searching features of each as needed.

Drag-and-Drop[edit | edit source]

File and page thumbnails can be moved or copied between windows using drag-and-drop. You can also select files in Windows Explorer and drag them into the Folders and Thumbnails panes. The reverse also works--dragging folders or files from to Explorer.

Clipboard[edit | edit source]

SimpleIndex SimpleView Viewer Clipboard Functions Thumbnail

Cut, Copy and Paste functions in also works the same way they do in Windows Explorer to copy and move folders and files.