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Batch processing
Closing the Processor List window
Once you have finished with all the settings, click OK to
confirm the settings and close the dialog or Cancel to
close it without saving any changes.
The Output tab – Settings for
created files
This tab allows you to specify where the created files are
to be located, in what format they should be, and other re-
lated options.
In fact, you can perform useful batch processing with the
options on this tab, without using any processors at all!
You might for example convert files from one format to an-
other and/or just change the names of a number of files.
Setting up file locations and names
Setting up a simple destination folder
There are two ways to specify a folder for all created files:
• Type in a path (file location) on the Destination folder line.
• Click the folder icon just beside the destination folder line,
browse your way to a folder and select it.
Using path variables
If you need more advanced options, for example if you
need to store different batches in different folders, you
need to use the path variables, available on the pop-up to
the right of the folder icon.
Variables are text strings enclosed in brackets (for exam-
ple “<Group Path>”) that appear on the Destination
folder line. You can type these variables yourself, but usu-
ally it makes much more sense to select them from the
pop-up.
When you run the batch, the variables are replaced by
folder names. Exact details follow later in this text.
You can use more than one variable on the line, to create
very advanced automatic file paths. Then the order of the
variables on the line is very important since each added
item will represent a subfolder inside the previous folder.
When you add variables to the Destination path, they will
appear just after the insertion point, just as when you type
text. Hence, adding a variable is done as follows:
1. Click at the position on the Destination folder line
where you want the variable added.
A blinking insertion point cursor appears.
2. Select the desired variable from the pop-up menu in-
voked by clicking the arrow button to the right of the Des-
tination folder line.
Please note that to completely replace the existing text with a variable,
you can just select all text and then select the variable from the pop-up
menu.
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The specified folders are created automatically if
they don’t exist.