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westofpecos · 05-02-2014, 07:00 PM

I have not been able to figure these out, although I have searched both the online manual and the forums (probably missed it):

- Edit metadata screen keyboard shortcuts: when you are on the edit metadata screen, what keyboard shortcuts do you use to the different fields? There are underlined letters for most of these fields. Clearly they must represent shortcuts, but trying these with /without Shift, Ctrl or Alt did not work for me. The answer is likely obvious yet I can't see it. I am running Windows 7.

- GUI-based AND tag queries: is there a simple way using the GUI to build tag-based queries that are linked with ANDs rather than ORs? For speed purposes, right now I build a tag query with mouse/ left hand column, then modify/ add the search string by typing.

- Add books without tags: I looked through the preferences options but could not find how to strip tags so that added books come with no tags. Yet, many posters refer to the fact that they are doing it. Not sure where the feature is? My calibre version is up to date (1.35). Right now, I add a batch of books, then I select the books I added, edit global metadata, and remove all tags.

- Lessons learned on virtual libraries: any tips on the best ways to use virtual libraries? I don't mean "how to", that's simple enough - I mean lessons from experience. (btw I learned a lot from unboggling in his thread "how I manage ebooks with calibre")

- Read/ unread: based on experience, what are the pros and cons of the two methods mentioned in the forum, e.g. READ tag and custom yes/no column?

Many thanks in advance. I really appreciate everyone's help. I will be sure to contribute answers when I know more:-)

05-02-2014, 07:00 PM	#1
westofpecos Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Wisconsin Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW2, Nexus 7, Nexus 5	Calibre: a few questions for experienced users I have not been able to figure these out, although I have searched both the online manual and the forums (probably missed it): - Edit metadata screen keyboard shortcuts: when you are on the edit metadata screen, what keyboard shortcuts do you use to the different fields? There are underlined letters for most of these fields. Clearly they must represent shortcuts, but trying these with /without Shift, Ctrl or Alt did not work for me. The answer is likely obvious yet I can't see it. I am running Windows 7. - GUI-based AND tag queries: is there a simple way using the GUI to build tag-based queries that are linked with ANDs rather than ORs? For speed purposes, right now I build a tag query with mouse/ left hand column, then modify/ add the search string by typing. - Add books without tags: I looked through the preferences options but could not find how to strip tags so that added books come with no tags. Yet, many posters refer to the fact that they are doing it. Not sure where the feature is? My calibre version is up to date (1.35). Right now, I add a batch of books, then I select the books I added, edit global metadata, and remove all tags. - Lessons learned on virtual libraries: any tips on the best ways to use virtual libraries? I don't mean "how to", that's simple enough - I mean lessons from experience. (btw I learned a lot from unboggling in his thread "how I manage ebooks with calibre") - Read/ unread: based on experience, what are the pros and cons of the two methods mentioned in the forum, e.g. READ tag and custom yes/no column? Many thanks in advance. I really appreciate everyone's help. I will be sure to contribute answers when I know more:-)