About FreeFlow Process Manager

The Workflow Builder application

Use Workflow Builder to:

Create workflows

Use graphical tools to assemble customized workflows from workflow process steps.

Configure the settings for workflow process steps.

Enable workflows to receive jobs.

Disable workflows to modify them or to prevent job submission.

Import and export workflows.

Take processes offline and change concurrency counts.

Create preflight profiles by launching Adobe Acrobat.

Set up and manage hot folders.

Add external PDF processes to support third party software.

Set up third-party scripts.

Set up Notify attributes on the SMTP server; set up the Proxy server.

Set up repository credentionals.

The Workflow process steps include:

 

Table 1-1. Workflow process steps

 

 

Step

Description

 

 

Input

Displays automatically as the first workflow node when you select

 

<Enter> during new workflow creation. Does not have a settings

 

dialog in Workflow Builder. In Workflow Job Manager, the

 

settings dialog and the tool tip display the original input files.

 

 

AIE

Automatic Image Enhancement (AIE) optimizes sharpness, color

 

balance, saturation, exposure, noise reduction and contrast of

 

TIFF, JPEG, and BMP images, whether standalone or embedded

 

in a PDF. AIE also supports redeye removal for humans and

 

shadow detail enhancement. The AIE feature works only for color

 

and grayscale images.

 

 

Convert

Converts documents submitted to the workflow to PDF. Converts

 

the following formats: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel

 

(includes Microsoft Office 2007), MS Publisher, Adobe

 

Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, JPG, JPEG, TIFF,

 

TIFF-IT, TIF, BMP, PS, RDO, QXD, QXP, VPC, and EPS.

 

Allows you to flatten PDFs for printing.

 

Users can select from various job options to generate optimal

 

PDFs.

 

 

Join

Combines multiple PDF files into a single PDF file.

 

 

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