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The top section of the My Collections menu is different for every user because it shows the Collections which are installed in your own unique Collections Folder. Your Collections Folder can also contain sub-folders which can contain Collections or more subfolders and so on.

Collections are predefined lists of decks that might be stored in different sub-folders of your main Decks Folder. This gives you the possibility of classifying your decks in different ways simultaneously. For example you might have a folder full of Rider Waite Decks and another containing Le Normand Decks. A collection of Italian Decks would allow you another way of listing decks that might be in either folder.

Once the collection has been defined the program gives you various ways of comparing its decks side by side. How this works exactly will depend on what type of collection it is. Basically there are three kinds of collections to consider.

Sequential Collection A sequential collection allows you to load up all the decks named in the collection into the program's recent memory, you can then navigate the collection back and forth using the deck navigation arrows. You can create this type of a collection in the Collection Management Tool.
Load at Once Collection When you open this kind of collection all the decks it contains are loaded simultaneously as separate deck forms. You can also create this type of a collection in the Collection Management Tool.
A Dynamic Collection is a special kind of Sequential Collection that is associated with a particular sub-folder on your My Decks menu. Any deck that is added to that folder automatically becomes part of the collection. To load a Dynamic Collection you Shift Click (hold down the shift key while clicking) on this icon in the My Decks Menu or click on it in the normal way here in the My Collections Menu. You can mark a folder as a Dynamic Collection in the Deck Management Tool.

Below the folders come any Collections that are loose in your top level Collections Folder. Just click on a Collection to launch it in the way appropriate to the type of collection it is.


Create New Collection This launches the Collections Wizard in Create New mode.

Edit Collection: Selecting this item lets you browse for an existing Collection and then launches the Collections Wizard in Edit mode.

Collection Management launches the Collection Management Tool.

Refresh This rebuilds the My Collections menu. You may wish to use this if you have manually added to or reorganized your Collections Folder outside the program e.g. using Windows Explorer.