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Collections tab commands

Collections tab commands​

Do any of these steps in the left pane of the Collections tab.

  • Above the collection name, you see a statement with the number of books in the current collection and goal.

Click it and then click View on BloomLibrary.org to open the collection there.

Collection Name ​

  • Click the down arrow () near the collection name to see these commands:

    • Open or Create Another Collection - See: Create a Bloom collection.

    • Make Bloom Pack of Shell Books - See: Make a Bloom Pack.

    • Make Reader Template Bloom Pack - See: Make a Reader Template Bloom Pack.

    • Troubleshooting:

      • Do Checks of All Books: It checks all the books in the collection. A pop-up window shows any problem identified. If you see problems, run Do Updates of All Books. If there are still problems, get more help.

      • Do Updates of All Books: It updates all of the books to use the most-recent front/back matter. It compresses all of the pictures and updates the picture metadata.

      • Rescue Missing Images: It opens the Browse For Folder dialog box. Use it find pictures to replace any that are missing.

Thumbnail for a book, template or sample shell​

    • Right-click (or click) a book thumbnail to see the down arrow (), and then click it to see some or all of these commands:

    • Rename Book: See Rename a book thumbnail. You can rename the book thumbnail and book folder without changing the book title.

    • Duplicate Book: It allows you to duplicate that book.

    • Show in File Explorer: It opens the folder on your hard drive that stores the book. You would do this, for example, to manually delete a collection or edit a stylesheet.

    • Delete Book: It deletes the book.

    • More

      • Export to Word or LibreOffice: It opens the HTML document in Microsoft® Word or LibreOffice. The layout is lost, but there may be reasons you would want to export a book. Printing a draft or to check spellings could be reasons.

      • Export to Spreadsheet : It exports a file with the file type *.xlsx.

This is a Bloom Enterprise feature. The Export to Spreadsheet dialog box lists limitations.

  • Import Content from Spreadsheet : It imports contents from an *.xlsx spreadsheet that was previously exported.

This is a Bloom Enterprise feature.

  • Save as Single File (.bloomSource): It updates the book and the book folder is saved in a zip file, renamed as <name>.bloom (instead of .zip). Some files are excluded in this zip file, such as files ending in .pdf, .bloombookorder, .map, and .bloompack. You can choose where to save the file.

  • Save as Bloom Pack (.BloomPack): It makes a Bloom pack.

  • Update Thumbnail: It updates the picture in the book's icon.

  • Update Book: It updates the front matter and back matter. It also compresses the pictures and updates their metadata.

Below Books From BloomLibrary.org:

  • GET MORE SOURCE BOOKS AT BLOOMLIBRARY.ORG

Click this link to open https://bloomlibrary.org/ so you can get a book.

  • SHOW ANOTHER COLLECTION

Click this link to open the Bloom folder on your computer. If there are other collection folders there, do these steps: double-click to open that folder, click the *.bloomCollection file, and then click Open. 

The books in that collection appear in Bloom.

  • Click  near the collection name if you do not want to see this collection in Bloom.

  • If you installed a Bloom Pack, Bloom will show a folder button, , near the collection name instead of the . Click it to find the folder you want to delete.

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