Weird question that shows how the rise of the graphical user interface is confusing many beginning computer users: How can I use Windows’ file system as a photo database.
‘How about categorizing images by storing them in folders with recognizable names’, was my first suggestion. Hold on: says the person:
“If you look at the properties of a Word document and click “Advanced” from the Summary tab you find a whole lot more properties and they are editable. There is also a Custom tab on a Word document in which you can create your own property name/value pairs. ”
A-ha: Phil is talking about the Property sheets API: something that has been added to Windows by Microsoft as a means for companies and developers in an effort to actually ‘standardize’ Explorer’s user interface for all those different file types and third party ‘objects’.