About Processing Modes and Options

Processing Modes
 

There are four processing modes you can choose from. Select a processing mode on the basis of the characteristics of your document type to be converted.

To select a processing mode use the Options menu or the drop-down list of the Mode tool. This tool may have any of the following appearances on the toolbar.  It displays the currently set conversion mode. On program restart, it displays the last-used mode.

 

Appearances
of the Mode tool

Processing modes

Characteristics of the document type

Standard Document icon

Standard Document

The pages have body text and maybe titles, columns, tables and pictures. E.g. business letters, newspaper articles.

Legal Document icon

Legal

The pages have single-column text, and might contain pleading numbers in the left margin.

Spreadsheet Document icon

Spreadsheet

The pages contain mainly tables or spreadsheets (with a tabular layout). E.g. financial sheets, inventories.

Form Document icon

Form

The pages have spaces, edit boxes, comb boxes, checkmarks and similar elements for collecting information. E.g. application forms

 

For advice on choosing the best mode for your needs, see Choosing the Processing Mode.

Note

The selected processing mode may automatically be changed by the program if you select an output format which is not supported by the selected processing mode. The program keeps the processing mode and the output format synchronized.

 

Processing Options

Standard Document icon

The delivery default processing mode is Standard Document. Click its tool if displayed, otherwise click the arrow beside the Mode tool to select it,or choose it in the Options menu.  To select another processing mode and display its processing options panel, click the arrow beside the Mode tool or use the Options menu.

There are general and document-type specific processing options on each panel. The values given are stored separately for each processing mode. For details see Standard Document, Legal, Spreadsheet and Form.

The general processing options are described under the Standard Document topic.