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Reset protocol
Clears the import protocol, e.g. before the publication of a database.
Reference database
This makes it a special Reference database which ChessBase consults on all major
questions (unless you specify otherwise).
Repertoire database
This is a database in which ChessBase looks after your Repertoire.
Always open text
When the first entry in a database is a text report it is automatically opened when you
first start the database. After that you can only open the text manually. You can click
this option to make it open every time you start the database.
See also database formats.
3.4.2
My databases
In the folder window you will always find the entry "My databases". This is the place
where you collect links to your favourite databases and directories. It is your "home"
database window.
Ctrl-F12 always takes you to the "M y da t a ba se s" window.
How to get a database into your "My databases" window
Click M e nu F ile Ope n Ope n Da t a ba se (or press Ctrl-O, or right-click the database
window and select Add/open database). Select a database in the file selector that
appears (it only displays files that ChessBase can read). All databases you open this
way are automatically inserted as links into the "My databases" window.
Alternatively you can drag any database symbol from another folder onto "M y
Da t a ba se s" in the folder view.
Alternatively you could drag a database from Windows Explorer onto "My Databases" in
the folder view or in the icon view.
How to get a directory into your "My databases" window
You can also right-click the window and select Add Folder Shortcut. The directory is
not copied, but is only inserted as a link into M y da t a ba se s.
How to remove a database symbol
Click the database symbol and then Edit
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