3.4. Navigating the Audio Library
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## 3.4. Navigating the Audio Library

The uppermost section of RDLibrary's main window contains tools designed to allow for fast searching of the entire audio library, making locating a particular piece of audio easy even in a library containing thousands of carts. It's possible to control what carts are listed, as well as how they are sorted.

### 3.4.1. Changing the Cart Sort Order

The order in which carts are displayed in the cart list can be changed by simply clicking on the header of the column by which you want them sorted by. By default, the carts are sorted by Cart Number. To instead sort them alphabetically by Title, simply click the `TITLE` header once. To sort them by Title in reverse –i.e. from 'Z' to 'A' – click the `TITLE` header once again. Clicking the `TITLE` header a third time restores the sort to normal 'A' to 'Z' again. And so on for all of the columns in the cart list – it's possible to sort the Library by `ARTIST`, `LENGTH`, or any other parameter shown in the cart list.

### 3.4.2. Selecting Carts by the Filter Field

Very often, one will want to find a cart or set of carts whose label(s) contains a particular word or phrase. It's possible to narrow the list of displayed carts to this set by simply entering the desired word or phrase into the `Filter` field at the top of the main RDLibrary screen. The full list can be restored by clearing the `Filter` field or by clicking the Clear button.

### 3.4.3. Selecting Carts by Group

It's possible to limit the list of carts to only those in a particular group by setting the `Group` drop-down menu to the desired group name.

### 3.4.4. Selecting Carts by Type

You can tell RDLibrary what type of carts to list by checking the `Show Audio Carts` and `Show Macro Carts` boxes. Clearing both boxes obviously results in no carts at all being displayed.

It's also possible to combine all four of the above search and sorting methods.

### 3.4.5. Selecting and Opening Carts

Once the desired cart has been located on the cart list, load it into the Edit Cart Dialog by either double clicking its list entry, or by touching its list entry and then touching the `Edit` button.

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