Work with folders in Windows Movie Maker

Applies to all editions of Windows Vista.
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A folder, sometimes called a collection, acts as a container for your clips, which are smaller segments of audio and video. A folder can contain audio clips, video clips, or pictures that you have imported into Windows Movie Maker. You can use folders to organize the content that you import.

All of the folders are available to you in any project that you work on in Windows Movie Maker, so you can reuse clips in as many projects as you like.

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To create a new folder

1.	In the Collections pane, click the folder that you want to add your new folder to.
2.	Click File, and then click New Collection Folder.
3.	Type a name for the folder, and then press ENTER.

To delete a folder

1.	In the Collections pane, click the folder that you want to delete.
2.	Click Edit, and then click Remove.

To rename a folder

1.	In the Collections pane, click the folder that you want to rename.
2.	Click Edit, and then click Rename.
3.	Type a new name for the folder, and then press ENTER.

To copy clips in a folder

1.	In the Contents pane, click the clip or clips that you want to copy.
2.	Click Edit, and then click Copy.
3.	In the Collections pane, click the folder where you want to copy the clips, and then click the Contents pane.
4.	Click Edit, and then click Paste.

To move a clip to a new or different folder

1.	In the Contents pane, click the clip or clips that you want to move.
2.	Click Edit, and then click Cut.
3.	In the Collections pane, click the folder to which you want to move the clips.
4.	Click Edit, and then click Paste.

To view clip properties

1.	In the Contents pane or on the storyboard/timeline, click the video clip, audio clip, or picture for which you want to view the properties.
2.	Click Clip, and then click Properties.

To sort clips by their properties in the Contents pane

You can sort clips by their properties in the Contents pane to change the order in which they appear, and to view their properties. Sorting and arranging clips in a collection can help you to quickly find a clip or clips that you might be looking for to add to the storyboard/timeline.

In the Collections pane, click the collection that contains the video clips, audio clips, pictures, effects, or transitions that you want to arrange.

Click View, point to Arrange Icons By, and then click the property by which you want to sort the clips that appear in the Contents pane.

Note that if you choose to arrange icons by name and date, clips are sorted by their file name, rather than the name of the clip.

To change the clip view in the Contents pane

The Contents pane displays all the video, audio, pictures, transitions, and effects that you can add to the storyboard/timeline for your project. You can display clips in the Contents pane in two views: Details and Thumbnails.

Details view shows specific properties of each clip in the collection, including Duration, Start Time, and others. Thumbnail view shows a name and a small bitmap of each clip. For video, the bitmap image is one of the beginning frames in the clip. For pictures, it is a thumbnail of the picture, and for sound files it is a sound file icon.

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Do one of the following:

•	To view the title and bitmap image of each clip in the collection, click View, and then click Thumbnails.
•	To view all the properties of each clip in the collection, click View, and then click Details.

NoteTo display the Collections pane if it is not visible on the left of the screen, click View, and then click Collections.