TagsForAll Usage


Quick start

Navigation and filtering

Dialogs

Menus

Plugins

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Quick start

At first program start, you will proposed for scan a directory for extracting metadata from files and building the initial tag's tree. A good idea is select something like "Downloads" folder or folder which contains documents or music. During scanning will be extracted metadata like MP3 tags for audio files , EXIF data for images and metadata from office documents. Nothing will have happened with files or directory itself.

At first time have sence do not change something and press "OK", later you can change options , but really it is not necessary.

This is main program's folder. After installation this icon will placed on "Desktop" and "My computer" folders.
This folder divide files by it's types, like "Audio" ,"Video", "Documentation" etc.
In this folder you can look result of filtering.
It is main folder of program whid does all work. Really it is no folder , it is tag which filters result in "Filtered items " folder . When you navigate through this folder , files in "Filtered items " are filtered by tag which name is folder name.
This folder defines scope for tags . It is useful for avoiding display a huge number of tags in one place.

Dialogs

If you click to any file or folder , or several ones , and select "Manage tags " from menu , you'll see this dialog.
There you can edit tags for selected items.

  • If you want to add you own type of files , select and enter appropriate name. After it is done , push "Enter" again.
    The same must be done to add the names for tags and scope.
    Note : must be added at least one tag , otherwithe nothing will added.
  • If tags, which you want to add is exist, only double click to them for select.
  • If was selected several then selected tags will added to existings tags.
  • When you want to add directory for watching or only for parsing directory with plugins : the next dialog will be displayed . (how to do this - see "Menus" section).

  • "Enable default tag": all files which tagged in selected directory wiil be tagged this tag in scope "Auto tag".
  • "Enable plugins" : if you want add directory for watch , but don't want adding tags for files automaticaly turn off this option.
  • "Tagging directory recursive" is option how will parsed or watched directory recursive or not.
  • For find out what each plugin to do see "Plugins" section.
  • The window for manage watching directories.
  • You can select as one as several tags for filtering
  • "Include tags" will filter "Filtered Items" by selected tags , same happens if you click to the tag folder.
  • "Exclude tags" performs an action opposite "Including" , removes files which tagged this tags from "Filtered items"
  • "Merge tags" hold on in "Filtered items" files which tagged these tags.
  • "Delete nodes" delete nodes itself.
  • "Parse directory with plugins" You can as add directory for parsing as only parse directory with plugins for extracting metadata from files.
  • "Add directory for watch" If you add directory for watching , then you will be notified when new file will added to this directory , and you will be able add tags for it easy.
  • "Close watcher" deactivates watcher for this session , when you restart "windows" the watcher will start again if you don't want this so choose "Deactivate watcher".
  • Plugins

  • "Archives.dll":Extract metadata from .rar .zip .7z and other archive files. Add tags by size of archive and content ( content it mean type* )(Content being extracted only from rar and zip files)
  • "Docs.dll": Extract metadata from office files , also work with .html .pdf .djvu .txt .rtf .chm files.
  • "Images.dll": Extract size and EXIF data from images.
  • "Taglib.dll": Extract MP3 tags from audio files.
  • "Video.dll": It is simple add default tag's tree for your's video files.
  • "Other.dll": This plugin add tags like type* and "associated application" for other files to include all files.
  • *type means file extension.