Add a Destination

This topic will help you add a destination. Think of a destination as a way to tell QuikFile how to save a file. A destination tells QuikFile:

• Where to save the file
• How to name the file
• What file format to use

You’ll use destinations in two places: in your Conversion Jobs, and in Separators.

Location

Select the folder where you want the converted file saved.

File Type

Select how you want the file saved:

PDF

This option produces a PDF file with the original scanned image. If you use the Make Searchable PDF option when you scan or run OCR, this will be a searchable PDF.

TIFF Image

This format is an image of the original file. There is no actual text. The file will look like the original, but you won’t be able to search its contents or copy any text from it.

Text

A text file only contains text extracted from the original image. It does not include the image itself. Text files are searchable, and you can edit them in any word processor. You might select this option if you only care about the text of the document and the formatting does not matter.

Include Dated Subfolder

Use this option to organize the files by date. This will put the files in dated subfolders within the destination folder. Note that the dated subfolders are only created on days when files actually get saved to this destination. If no files are saved here on a given day, there won’t be a dated subfolder for that day.

The dated subfolder can have a few different date formats. Select the format you prefer on the Date Format list.

Use Naming Options

Select this option if you want to use dynamic file names. See Naming Options for more information.

NOTE: If you don’t use naming options, QuikFile will use the original document name, if available, or a generic document name.

What about Naming Conflicts?

QuikFile will never overwrite an existing file, even if there is a name conflict. When a name conflict happens, QuikFile will give the new file an increment. For example, suppose that the file "scan.pdf" already exists. QuikFile needs to place a new file, also called "scan.pdf", in the same folder. QuikFile will save the new file as "scan 01.pdf" to prevent a conflict. If another "scan.pdf" comes along later, QuikFile will save it as "scan 02.pdf", and so on. You can customize the format of the increment value by setting up a naming option.