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

1. • 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.

Related Topics

Collection tab toolbar

Tabs overview