Import Dialog Options

You can configure the view that will be presented in the Import Images dialog box (see Import Images Dialog Box Explained). The options you select define the:

• Appearance of the section where you select the folder and document types to be assigned to imported items.
• Manner in which the items being imported are displayed and processed.

• Click Settings near the bottom of the ImageRight pane to open the ImageRight Configuration Settings dialog box. Alternatively, you may right-click the ImageRight bar, and then click Settings on the menu.

Folder/Document Selector Options

In the Folder/document Types Selector Options pane, you can select from two options.

• Tree view displays a hierarchical tree view that can be expanded and collapsed as needed.
• Lookup drop-down displays list boxes in which selections can be made.

The drop-down list box option is shown in the top portion of the screen capture below. The menu that you can use to switch views is also shown.

The tree view is shown in the lower portion of the screen capture.

You can also change the view while the Import Images dialog box is open. To do so right-click the folder and document area and click Switch view.

Split Imported Content

One of the most common ways to add e-mail messages, photos, files in their native format, etc., to ImageRight using the Import Images dialog box is to use a drag-and-drop operation, and then choose the filing options.

When adding multiple items (e-mail messages for example) with one action, you may need to separate each item into its own document instance, as opposed to importing the multiple items as one document. You can use the Split imported content into multiple documents option to dictate how the content added using the Import Images dialog box will be treated.

In the screen capture below, you can see the affect on the number of documents when the option is turned on and when it is turned off. In the example, we are adding two e-mail messages to ImageRight.

With the option turned on, multiple items that you add in one action will be treated as defined next.

If you add multiple	On the Preview tab, you will see
E-mail messages to a new file or an existing file	Each e-mail message will be represented as a separate document. Attachments will be represented as pages.
Files from a local directory into a new file or an existing file	Each file will be represented as a separate document.
Items to a new temporary file	Each item will be represented as a separate document (and pages as noted earlier). Each imported item will be put in a separate temporary file.