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Job Settings Dialog Box
Job Setting Dialog Box
This dialog box is used to modify the settings of an existing job. It has three pages: Job Settings, Conversion Settings and Bookmark Creation Options.
Job Settings page
The settings in this page determine the directories that files will be read from, written to, and the types of files displayed in the Tree.
Fig. 2.2 Job Settings Dialog Box - Job Settings Page
This page has the following features:
| · | Mode group: This group has radio buttons that enable you to use directory paths provided by the application or to specify the directory paths yourself. The default selection is Relative.
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| · | Relative button: Selecting will this button requires you to only specify the image file directory. The PDF file directory is automatically selected or created by the application.
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| · | Absolute button: Allows you to manually enter directories for the image and PDF files.
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| · | Image Formats button: Clicking this button opens a dialog box that allows you to select the image file types displayed in the Tree. The default is TIFF.
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| · | Directory for Image Files field: This field displays the directory from which image files will be read during the PDF conversion process.
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| · | Directory for PDF Files field: The location that the PDF file will be written to is displayed in this field. This field is only available in Absolute mode.
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Conversion Settings page
The Conversion Settings page is used to set the PDF conversion parameters.
Fig. 2.3 Job Settings Dialog Box - Conversion Settings Page
This page has the following checkboxes, fields, and combo boxes:
| · | Downscale Checkbox: This checkbox is used to reduce the resolution of images files by the amounts specified in the Downscale Resolution X and Downscale Resolution Y fields. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
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| · | Downscale Resolution X field: Used to enter the x-axis resolution, in dots per inch, to be used during down scaling. The default value is 300.
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| · | Downscale Resolution Y field: Used to enter the y-axis resolution, in dots per inch, to be used during down scaling. The default value is 300.
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| · | PDF Type combo box: The type of PDF file to be generated is selected using the combo box. Selecting Image Only will merge the images into a PDF file with no OCR processing of the text. Selecting Image + Text will merge images into a PDF file and perform OCR on the text. The default selection is Image Only.
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| · | Page View combo box: Used to select how PDF pages are displayed (fit to width or fit to height). The default setting is Fit to Page.
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| · | Create Tags checkbox: This feature is currently under development.
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| · | Create Outline Tree checkbox: Used to create an outline of the bookmarks in the PDF document. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
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| · | Show Outline checkbox: Used to show or hide the outline of PDF documents when they are viewed in the PDF Viewer. This checkbox is checked by default.
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| · | Create Temporary PDF for Network Job: Allows you to create temporary a PDF on your PC when the image files being converted are accessed over a network. This prevents jobs from being slowed down by server authentication requirements and makes batch processing over a network easier. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
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| · | File Splitting Level: This feature is currently unavailable.
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| · | Optimize for Web: Optimizes PDF files for faster downloading and manipulation over the Internet. Optimizing a PDF file allows the user to view a single page of a PDF document on demand rather than downloading the entire document.
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| · | Create PDF Links: Used to include links created using Link Builder in the PDF file.
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Bookmark Creation Options page
This page is used to specify bookmarks and list of page options to be used when PDF documents are generated.
Fig. 2.4 Job Settings Dialog Box - Bookmark Creation Options Page
This page has the following features:
| · | Maximum Level Depth field: Sets the maximum number of PDF document bookmark hierarchy levels. The default value is 3.
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| · | Write Page List checkbox: Used to include lists of pages in PDF documents. This checkbox is clear by default.
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| · | OK button: Clicking this button saves the settings and closes the dialog box.
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| · | Cancel button: Used to dismiss the dialog box without applying any changes that may have been made.
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