8.4

Output
Asingle PDFcontaining as many pages as all the combined input PDFs is generated. If the option is
selected, this PDFis optimized. An optional metadata file is also created, containing information about the
PDFs. This metadata is divided such that each PDFfile is its own document, which can contain multiple
data pages.
General tab
l Folder: Enter the full path of the folder from which the input files are to be taken.
l Masks: Enter a single or multiple file names or use file name masks. See Masks. Since this task only
supports PDFfiles, make sure your extension remains .PDF for all your masks.
l Sort files by: Select a given sorting method to prompt PlanetPress Workflow to sort the files in the
source folder before taking them (and thus to take them in a specific order). Select None to let
PlanetPress Workflow take the files without sorting them first.
l Sort order: If you selected a sorting method in the Sort files by box, select the order in which you want
the files to be sorted.
l Use archive attribute: Select to turn on the archive attribute of the data files found in the source folder
and to leave them in their original location (i.e. to take copies of the source files). Note that
PlanetPress Workflow never takes source files that have their archive attribute turned on (so the
source files will not be taken again and again). When this option is turned off, PlanetPress Workflow
removes data files from the source location.
l Capture files in sub-directories also: Select to capture files from child folders of the source folder as
well. When this option is selected, the chosen Sort order is applied to each separate folder, not across
folders. The subfolders themselves are always processed in alphabetical order, regardless of the sort
order.
l Sort directories first: If you selected a sorting method in the Sort files by box, and if you want the folders
present in the source folder to be sorted first, select this option.
l Optimize resulting PDF: Select to specify whether the resulting PDF should be optimized.
Optimization can lead to a significant reduction in the size of the PDF, but it may also add a certain
amount of time to the process. This option should only be unchecked if the timing of the process is
critical and needs to be done quickly, but keep in mind that the resulting PDFmay be much larger than
it should be and may even be too large for PlanetPress Workflow to handle.
l Create Metadata:Select to specify that a basic metadata structure should be created for the resulting
PDF file. The metadata structure created will contain a single Job separated by one Document per
captured PDFfile. Within each Document, one Data Page containing a single Page is created for each
page of the PDF file.