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Documentation: Replace 'PDF' with 'document'

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There are more supported file formats than just PDF.
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Erik Arvstedt 2018-05-21 21:17:03 +02:00
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@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ The Consumer
------------
The consumer script runs in an infinite loop, constantly looking at a directory
for PDF files to parse and index. The process is pretty straightforward:
for documents to parse and index. The process is pretty straightforward:
1. Look in ``CONSUMPTION_DIR`` for a PDF. If one is found, go to #2. If not,
wait 10 seconds and try again.
2. Parse the PDF with Tesseract
1. Look in ``CONSUMPTION_DIR`` for a document. If one is found, go to #2.
If not, wait 10 seconds and try again.
2. Parse the document with Tesseract
3. Create a new record in the database with the OCR'd text
4. Attempt to automatically assign document attributes by doing some guesswork.
Read up on the :ref:`guesswork documentation<guesswork>` for more
information about this process.
5. Encrypt the PDF and store it in the ``media`` directory under
``documents/pdf``.
5. Encrypt the document and store it in the ``media`` directory under
``documents/originals``.
6. Go to #1.
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ The consumer is started via the ``manage.py`` script:
$ /path/to/paperless/src/manage.py document_consumer
This starts the service that will run in a loop, consuming PDF files as they
This starts the service that will run in a loop, consuming documents as they
appear in ``CONSUMPTION_DIR``.
Note that this command runs continuously, so exiting it will mean your webserver
@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ The Exporter
------------
Tired of fiddling with Paperless, or just want to do something stupid and are
afraid of accidentally damaging your files? You can export all of your PDFs
into neatly named, dated, and unencrypted.
afraid of accidentally damaging your files? You can export all of your
documents into neatly named, dated, and unencrypted files.
.. _utilities-exporter-howto:
@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ This too is done via the ``manage.py`` script:
$ /path/to/paperless/src/manage.py document_exporter /path/to/somewhere/
This will dump all of your unencrypted PDFs into ``/path/to/somewhere`` for you
to do with as you please. The files are accompanied with a special file,
``manifest.json`` which can be used to
:ref:`import the files <utilities-importer>` at a later date if you wish.
This will dump all of your unencrypted documents into ``/path/to/somewhere``
for you to do with as you please. The files are accompanied with a special
file, ``manifest.json`` which can be used to :ref:`import the files
<utilities-importer>` at a later date if you wish.
.. _utilities-exporter-howto-docker: