All files in the source folder (specified when creating a watch folder) will be converted to PDF after you “start” watching it. As an option, files can be automatically converted to PDF at Windows startup if you have set it up in the Watch Folder Settings. The source folder could be on any computer as long as it can be connected to a PDF Server. 

Add a watch folder

Before running PDF conversion on a specified folder, you have to set it as a watched folder so that any files put into the folder can be converted once it is active.

  1. In the Right PDF Watch Folder window, under the Watched Folders tab, click on Add… .

  2. Configure the new folder by naming it, setting which folder to be watched and whether to watch subfolders in the watched folder. Under the Advanced tab, set up the operation schedule, naming method and how the system should behave if file with the same file name exists. See Manage you watch folders.

  3. Click OK.

  4. All created folders are listed in the panel under the Watched Folders Each folder has four subfolders: Source Files, Result Files, Succeeded Files and Failed Files. You can double-click on the title of each watched folder to collapse or expand it.

Run a watch folder

You can choose to manually click Start All to start conversion for all watched folders or let the application automatically run when Windows starts.

  1. Put files you want to convert into the source solder and do either of the following:

    • Click on Start All (A) then all the watched folders in the panel are activated, meaning files within are being converted with the conversion settings you specified. To stop conversion on all folders, click Stop All  (B).

    • In the Watched Folders panel, click on the tiny pause icon (C) next to the watched folder you want to run conversion on and click on Start Watching (D). Click on Pause Watching to stop watching the folder.

  1. Double-click on Source Files or directly open the source folder that this watch folder links to to check source files, result files and failed files.

    • Result Files opens the _Result folder where successfully converted resulting PDF files are stored.

    • Succeeded Files opens the _Success folder where original files are stored.

    • Failed Files opens the _Error folder where source files with conversion failure are stored. Since conversion on those files was failed, they are not stored in _Success nor _Result.

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