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I want to share with you some useful bookmark links I have set up in a dedicated folder on my browser bookmark bar.

1. Search Options 

When I select this bookmarked option, as the name suggests, it will directly open a page displaying a search options form.

2. All Posts in Date Descending 

Although the Reception page lists the 5 latest posts, this link gives me a listing of every post in descending date order, displaying a summary of 10 posts per page.

3. All my Posts in Date Descending Order

You will note that the above link is perhaps more relevant to me (as the poster) than anyone else. To obtain a link which you can bookmark and display all of your own posts, first click the Search Options link above, then set up the fields as shown in the screenshot below (using your own username). Next click the Search button highlighted bottom left before bookmarking the resulting URL.

4. Specific Topic Posts in Date Descending (Example)

In this final example, I have used Search options dialogue to find any posts which contain the word Leopard (sorted Newest First). For your own needs, you can manually substitute the search word "leopard" (not case sensitive) in the linked URL, and resave it, or save the resulting URL as a bookmark via the Search Options form.  

Hi David,

Thanks for the very useful contribution to the PainterFactory Help forum.

Love your Terry Pratchett quote. ;)

Jinny

Hi Jin,

Re. the Terry Pratchett quote, I thought it may have sounded patronising, but I hoped to encourage other artists to challenge themselves in learning Painter and perhaps even more importantly, to explore beyond the bounds of the manual on a what happens if I do this or that basis (the very technique I used to come up with the search URLs).

David
 

Hi David,

I didn't find it patronizing, just amusing. Anyway, we all need a nudge now and then, toward the very exploration and beyond-the-bounds thinking you mentioned.

That's when the real fun begins!

Cheers!

:-) Here is another one Terry Pratchitt's

"Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate"

I would definitely come under the stupid man heading at times, but the encouraging thing about Painter is that is possible to pick up an interesting or novel technique from a complete newbie who dabbles in the application for 20 minutes without even reading the manual (which has got to be a plus).

Have a good evening Jin,

David 

Yes! It's a plus when anyone, newbie or old timer, spends time playing with Painter, not knowing in advance what may happen.

 (As long as they're willing to read the manual when needed.)

Thanks for the "good evening" wishes. I slept like a log!

 I hope your evening is a good one, too.

 Jinny