Converting Whole Folders of Files

To specify more than one file in a given conversion task, be use a wildcard character (the asterisk "*" or question mark "?") in the Input File(s) field.  Specify the files using the "C:\INPUTPATH\*.EXT" format, where EXT is the file extension of the input files (e.g. C:\Samples\*.pdf).

When the asterisk has been typed into the Input File(s) field, two additional options are displayed:

Option

Purpose

Save to Input Folder

 The output file path will be the same as the input file path.

Do Sub folders

 Search and process all files found in the folder and sub folders specified in the Input File(s) entry box.

NOTE: The Do Sub folders and the Save to Input Folder checkboxes are only displayed when the Input File(s) field has a wildcard character specified.

 

For example, to convert all of the PDF files in the D:\MyFiles\ folder, enter the following for the Input File(s):

D:\ MyFiles\*.PDF

 

When you specify multiple input files, you must also specify multiple output files. Convert Doc does this for you automatically by filling in the Output Files(s) field.

 

NOTE: Please review wildcards for greater flexibility in specifying what files to process.

NOTE: You may specify Date/Time fields for the output folder, making it easy to sort outputs by date or time.

 

See Also:

Quick Start: Converting Files

Conversion of File Types

Conversion Methods

Advanced PDF to RTF/DOC Options