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 === Additional Filter: === === Additional Filter: ===
-To +In addition to the normal ''​Rules'',​ DropIt allows to define Additional Filters to decide what files and folders will be processed. It is possible for example to filter by size, by date and by content. 
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 +=== Ambiguity: === 
 +When DropIt loads some dropped files and folders, it is possible that some of them match with more than one ''​Association''​ you have created. In this case they are considered Ambiguities and you need to manually select the desired ''​Action''​ to perform.
  
 === Association:​ === === Association:​ ===
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 === Destination:​ === === Destination:​ ===
-...+When you are editing an ''​Association'',​ the main configuration to define for each ''​Action''​ is the DestinationIt represents for example "where files will be moved",​ or "where archives will be created",​ or "how files will be removed"​.
  
 === Favourite Association:​ === === Favourite Association:​ ===
-...+Files and folders dropped on the ''​Floating Icon''​ could match several different ''​Associations''​ and normally a popup window asks you to select what of them useTo make the DropIt usage more flexible, it is possible to define some Favourite AssociationsThey have priority over normal ''​Associations''​ and will be automatically used in case of more matches.
  
-=== Matching Files / Folders: === +=== Floating Icon Target Image: === 
-...+DropIt has a special "​minimalist"​ interface. It is defined as Floating Icon or Target Image. It floats on your screen and you can also move it with drag&​drop. To process files and folders, you simply have to drop them on the Target Image. You can right click it to open the ''​Main Context Menu''​. You can also modify and change the Target Image from ''​Profiles >> Customize''​. 
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 +=== Folder Monitoring / Monitored Folder: === 
 +DropIt is a program to automate processes on files and folders. The standard use is dropping files and folders on its ''​Floating Icon'',​ but this is not the only way. One of the most powerful features is to define some Monitored ​Folders ​(in "​Options"​ window): they will be automatically scanned at a defined time interval and included files and folders will be automatically processed. 
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 +=== Item: === 
 +DropIt allows to process both files and foldersThey are generally considered Items, because are processed in the same way by DropItIn addition, some settings in "​Options"​ window allow to decide if always scan folders and subfolders, to load included files, or process them as Items. 
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 +=== Matching Files and Folders: === 
 +This is the core of DropIt philosophy: you define some ''​Associations''​ between ''​Rules''​ to filter files and the ''​Action''​ to process them; then you drag&​drop some files and folders on the ''​Floating Icon'';​ now DropIt checks them to find matches with ''​Rules''​ in your ''​Associations''​ and process them with the related ''​Action''​.
  
 === Main Context Menu: === === Main Context Menu: ===
-...+DropIt has a special "​minimalist"​ interfaceIt is a ''​Floating Icon''​ on your screen and you can drag&​drop files and folders on itTo configure DropIt you simply need to right-click the ''​Floating Icon''​ and it will appear the Main Context Menu.
  
 === Modifier: === === Modifier: ===
-..+DropIt allows to personalize ''​Destinations''​ of your ''​Associations''​ using a rich list of ''​Abbreviations''​To extend this feature, advanced users can use Modifiers to customize ''​Abbreviations''​ as desiredYou can find the list of Modifiers in the official PDF Guide (included in DropIt) and more examples to use them in some tutorials of this wiki.
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-=== Monitored Folder / Folder Monitoring: === +
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 === Profile: === === Profile: ===
-...+To manage your ''​Associations''​ easily, it is possible to group them in a unlimited number of ProfilesYou can configure each Profile to use a different ''​Floating Icon''​ to recognize itYou can switch between profiles with the mouse scroll wheel, or manually from Profiles in the ''​Main Context Menu''​. Files and folders will be processed with the Profile currently in use.
  
 === Progress Window: === === Progress Window: ===
-...+After dropping some files and folders on DropIt, the Progress Window appearIn this window you can see the list of loaded files and folders, you can follow the progress of the process, you can start and stop it, and you can verify if everything works fine.
  
 === Regular Expression: === === Regular Expression: ===
-...+To define ''​Rules''​ to filter files and folders, advanced users can enable the support to Regular ExpressionsThis option, available from the "Rule Settings"​ button next to ''​Rules''​ field, allows to ignore the normal DropIt syntax and consider ''​Rules''​ as a Regular ExpressionThe option can be enabled only in desired ''​Associations''​.
  
 === Rule: === === Rule: ===
-To decide what will be processed with an ''​Action'',​ you need to define how your files and folders will be filtered by DropIt. You can do it defining some Rules for your ''​Association''​. They can be Rules with normal syntax (you can find some examples from the "Rule Settings"​ button in that field), or can be ''​Regular Expressions" ​(for advanced users, they can be enabled from the "Rule Settings"​ button)+To decide what will be processed with an ''​Action'',​ you need to define how your files and folders will be filtered by DropIt. You can do it defining some Rules for your ''​Association''​. They can be Rules with normal syntax (you can find some examples from the "Rule Settings"​ button in that field), or can be ''​Regular Expressions'' ​(for advanced users, they can be enabled from the "Rule Settings"​ button).
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-=== Target image / Floating icon: === +
-DropIt uses a special minimalist interface. It is defined as Target Image or Floating Icon. It floats on your screen and you can also move it with drag&​drop. To process files and folders, you simply have to drop them on the Target Image. You can right click it to open the ''​Main Context Menu''​. You can also modify and change the Target Image from ''​Profiles >> Customize''​.+
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