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Easy Loader is driven from the Process menu. Instead of selecting files to send them straight
to OmniPage you can choose Queue Window to get a dialog box with a lock. Turn the lock on
to build up and re-order a list of files, maybe coming from different folders. The lock applies
to all files collected to enter the currently open document. When the list is ready, turn the lock
off to start loading. If the lock is off from the start, files are listed only if they are selected
faster than OmniPage can load them. Practically, you can load a few files, send them to
recognition and while that is underway, build up the rest of the input list.
Turning on the menu item Show/hide Queue Window automatically causes the window to
appear whenever files are listed but not yet loaded and to be closed as soon as the list is empty.
Easy Loader can be used in Classic and Flexible Views to compile files for multiple
documents. Engage the lock, make document 1 active and collect files. Then make document
2 active and collect its files, and so on. When all is ready, remove the lock. Each document has
its own lock, but the Process menu offers Lock all and Unlock all to lock or release all files
destined for all documents. You can remove selected files with Delete, or all files in the
current document’s list with Delete All or Clear in the Process menu. Use Clear all to clear all
files destined for all open documents. See a tutorial in Help on loading files for multiple
documents.
Easy Loader is available as a panel in Quick Convert View. The Process menu has two
commands unique to Quick View.
• Get and Convert offers 'one-button' processing - files are loaded, passed through
recognition and saved to files using existing settings. Only in this case, multiple file
selection is allowed with Quick View; the result is one output document for each input
file – before starting you should choose under Output file name Same as the source
file name.
• Load Files performs file loading without recognition, as in other views. In Quick
View it allows only one file to be loaded at a time - it should be processed before
selecting a new input file. In this case the Queue Window and its lock play no useful
role.
Easy Loader can process digital camera images. Set this in the Quick Convert Options panel
before invoking Easy Loader. If Scan is set as input, this setting is temporarily ignored and
pages are loaded as normal (non-camera) images.
All Windows Explorer functionality is available in Easy Loader. For instance, you can also
select files and use the shortcut menu item OmniPage 18 to send them via background
processing to MS Excel, MS Word, PDF, RTF, Text and WordPerfect. Existing settings are
used and by default generated files are placed in the input folder. Use the Convert Now