Hello. I have a question regarding catalogs. I read and followed the directions of Victoria Bampton on how to separate my catalog into two. Thank you Victoria. Very good stuff. I did not move any pictures. I just separated the catalog. When I exported the catelog, I saved it to a location on my computer and then I imported that into my new catalog. Everything seemed to go well. I want to know if I can now delete the catalog that was created when I exported?
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Mark Sirota
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Yes. Once you've imported it into your "real" catalog, you no longer need the temporary catalog (or its accompanying previews).
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For sure Ann. As the data from the intermediate catalog is now integrated in the new one, it is of no more use.
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