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42 changes: 41 additions & 1 deletion docs/user-guide.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ it. See [`documentation-process.md`](documentation-process.md).
How to search the catalog, read search results, and pick a printing for
a slot in your decklist.

The **Display** page's search bar is dual-mode: an **Add / Browse**
toggle next to the input switches between adding cards to your project
(the usual decklist-line paste/search box) and browsing the whole
catalog without touching your project — browsing renders a grid of
matching cards you can add individually, and the center of the page
follows the same toggle, switching between your print sheet preview and
the browse results. The **+ Add Cards** dropdown next to the search box
covers the same Text / XML / CSV / URL import options available
elsewhere in the app.

## "What's That Card?" — helping identify printings

ProxyPrints crowdsources which real Magic printing a community-submitted
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here's what it's asking and why your input helps everyone's search
results.

The vote queue at **What's That Card?** presents each question as a
quiz-reveal hero: the card image in question sits in its own column on
a deep-blue hero field (with an animated starburst behind it) alongside
a title that pops into place word by word every time a new card is
shown, while the actual question — the candidate printings or attribute
chips to pick from — sits in a scrolling panel beside it. On a wide
screen that question panel scrolls on its own while the card stays put,
so you never lose sight of what you're being asked about; on a narrow
screen the card instead pins near the top of the screen while the
questions scroll underneath it.

## Exporting a print-ready PDF

How to arrange your chosen cards into pages, set bleed/DPI/paper size,
Expand All @@ -31,10 +52,29 @@ sheet; the other two trade some bleed for a printer-supported margin,
and the page warns (rather than silently shrinking your bleed value) if
your current bleed exceeds what the selected profile can fit.

The same section's **Card spacing (mm)** control sets the gutter between
cards independently on each axis — Horizontal (X) and Vertical (Y)
default to 0mm and 14.5mm respectively, so columns butt together for
strip-cutting while rows keep a gap that suits a die cutter. A
**Link**/**Linked** toggle next to it locks the two axes to move
together when you'd rather set one value for both.

Once your sheet is ready, the **Display** page's Finish footer has two
equal-weight buttons: **Save Deck** (or **Sign in to Save**, if you're
not signed in) and **Print / Export →**, plus the existing **Export**
dropdown for lightweight XML/card-image/decklist exports. Your project is
also quietly backed up to this browser as you work — a small "Draft
backed up locally" note under the buttons confirms it — and pressing
**Print / Export →** while signed in with unsaved changes offers to save
your deck first, since the print/PDF step can use a lot of your
browser's memory and you don't want to lose your work if it struggles.

## Saving and re-using a project

Local-folder and Google Drive options for coming back to a project
later.
later. If you're signed in and have saved decks already, the **Display**
page's empty-project landing screen lists them directly so you can jump
back into one without a trip to **My Decks** first.

## Saved decks, export, and the standalone decrypt tool

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