User interface > Transformation of groups of files > Transformation manager
The transformation manager is a dialog, by which you can transform whole directories or other groups of files.
You can reach the transformation manager either by the menu item Transform groups of files of the Start menu or by the according button in the tool bar:
Before the dialog opens the actual start rule - which will be used for the transformation - must be compiled. If this is not the case, it will be done automatically when you open the manager.
At first the button in the tool bar for executing the transformations is deactivated since no source files are selected for the transformation yet. Only if this has happened and options are as requested, the transformation can be started. Before, you can check the list of the files which will be produced by the transformations. There is a page of his own for each of these steps in the transformation manager:
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The settings, inclusive of the select folders and files, can be stored as a management and loaded when required newly.