[Digikam-users] A few questions from a newbie ...

[Michael G. Hansen]

Marie-Noëlle Augendre wrote:
> I've been trying to find my way around Digikam (version provided by
> Ubuntu) for the past few days, and have a couple of questions:
> 
> 1) I have no mouse and always use a tablet on my computer; with no
> scrolling wheel, I don't know how to zoom in/out in order to use the
> geolocation capabilities. I tried to access the marble project site at
> http://www.edu.kde.org/marble/ but it seems to be unavailable, so I'd
> welcome any advice on the matter.

Are you talking about the "Map Searches" tab on the left and the
"Geolocation" tab on the right? There should be zoom in/out buttons
below the map there, looking like a magnifying glass with "+" and "-" in
them.

> 2) I began to play with the rating system, but once I've rated a
> picture, I cannot set it back to 0-star! Is there a trick I should
> know?

Set the rating to 1 star, and then click the star again -> all stars
should be blank. Or right-click->"Assign rating"->"None"

> 
> 3) Regarding the sorting options (by date, name, etc.) I didn't see
> any choice between ascending/descending order; am I missing something?

Hm, I don't know either ...

Hope that helps,

Michael