Use emblems to label a file. Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com

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 Mark a file as being special or important

You can use emblems to mark files as being special in some way. For example, if you wanted to mark a report as being urgent, you could put the Urgent emblem on the file.

Adding an emblem

Right-click the file and select Properties.

Go to the Emblems tab and check the emblems that you want to use.

The emblems you chose will appear over the file. (You can just close the Properties window when you've finished.)

To remove an emblem, follow the same steps as above, but uncheck the emblem you want to remove.

You can add as many emblems as you like to a file. If you add too many, however, some of the emblems will not be displayed because there isn't enough space for them all.

You can add emblems to folders too. The procedure is the same as for files.

If you send a file to someone else (for example, by email), the other person will not be able to see the emblems you added. The emblems you add to a file are only visible to you (in your user account).

Other ways of adding emblems

In the file browser, choose Emblems from the drop-down list at the top of the side pane (the drop-down list is normally underneath the Back button). Then, drag an emblem from the side pane onto your file.

To remove an emblem using the side pane, drag the Erase item onto the file. This will remove all of the emblems for that file.

In the file browser, click EditBackgrounds and Emblems and click Emblems. Drag an emblem onto the file to add it.

There is also an Erase item that you can use to remove emblems.
Making your own custom emblems

You can make your own emblems to supplement the default ones.

In a file browser, click EditBackgrounds and Emblems and click Emblems.

Click Add a New Emblem and choose a name ("Keyword") for your emblem.

Click the Image button and look for a picture that you want to use as the emblem. If you click once on a picture file in the window that appears, a preview of it will be shown. Once you have made your selection, click Open.

Click OK and your new emblem will be added to the list of emblems.

You can remove a custom emblem by clicking Remove an Emblem in the Backgrounds and Emblems window. You cannot remove any of the default emblems.