Main Window

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Introduction

The Main Window is the primary interface window thatwhere you will mostlyspend spendmost of your time on.time.

It onlycontains hastwo thesections: Analysis Mode and the Search Mode.Mode.

• Analysis Mode allows you to select the folders that LumiFind will letscan and analyze.

   

Search Mode becomes available once you selecthave which folders you want LumiFind to see and analyze for you.

Search Mode will be available after you performcompleted at least one analysis,analysis. It enables you to search through your data quickly and willintelligently. let you, well... search, but much faster and smarter!

Analysis Mode

Analysis Mode will have the following layout:

1. File and Help menus. The Help menu offersprovides a link to the LumiFind'sLumiFind website, optionsas well as access to showthe License Manager and the About window.

2. Settings button

   Settings and mode changeselection buttons. The Settings button will bebecomes available once LumiFind is ready.

3. Currently

   The currently viewed folderfolder, andalong thewith a "Browse" button for quickerquick navigation.

4. Folders under

   Subfolders within the currently viewed folder.directory.

5. Buttons to include thea folder intoin the list in (6),item 6, or to remove it from thethat list.

The list inof (6).folders that LumiFind will analyze.

Folders that will be analyzed by the LumiFind.

Buttons to Start/Stop"Start" Analysisor "Stop" the analysis, and toa gobutton to Search.switch to "Search" mode.

The Logs panel, which givesshows information onabout what'songoing beingactions. done. LogsYou can betoggle toggledlog visibility with the "Toggle Logs" button and clearedclear viathem with "Clear Logs".

button.

Depending on the models you have chosen in the Welcome Wizard or in the Settings window, and their enabled statuses, LumiFind will load them. ItThis may take some time, but thisit will be donehappens only once at each startup. It will enable theThe "Start Analysis" button will be enabled when it'severything is ready, as well as withand a "LumiFind is ready!" message will appear in the Logs (8).

If itthis is theyour first time starting, you will need to select some folders via (3) and include them into (6) them to start analysis. LumiFind can only see theaccess files ifthat you allow it to do so.see.

On the upcomingfuture launches, itLumiFind will automatically switch to Search Mode to save onean moreextra click.

You can change the current folder by selecting theone folders listedin the tree view below (6), or by pressing the "Browse..." button. Once you are happy with thea folder, press "Include 'Folder' in Analysis" (5). To remove a folder, select it from the Included Folders and press "Remove Selected from List" (5).

You can also include remote folders. On Windows, they start with \\. In that case, the include button will tellindicate that it is a remote folder. On macOS and Linux, remote folders are only possible if they are mounted (mapped) and accessible via Finder,Finder or a Filefile Browserbrowser (e.g., Nautilus, Dolphin).

Similarly, if you would likewant to include Cloud storage folders likesuch as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDriveor etc.,OneDrive, simply browse to them and include them in the analysis.

Once you have included all the folders you needed,need, press the "Start Analysis" button (7) and grab some coffee (wateror water, or anything you like).

You can also press "Stop Analysis" to stop.stop the process. If an analyzer did not complete analyzing,its task, you will need to restart it. Each analyzer isworks independent.independently. IfFor e.g.,example, if the Document Analyzer ishas completed and you stoppedstop the analysis during Image Analyzer, then the progress of the Document Analyzer will be saved.

Hint: To get usedfamiliar towith the tool, weit is recommended that youto start with a small set of folders and the file types. This willmakes helpit youeasier to easily switch between the available models until you find yourthe perfectone one.that works best for you.

Search Mode

This mode requires that you have at least one model enabled (via Welcome Wizard, or Settings) and performed at least one analysis.

Upon starting LumiFind, this will be the default mode to perform searches one click faster.

Type the query you would likewant to search for and select the type of the search. Depending on your edition and the active models, you will only see the available ones.options will be shown. You can selectchoose one offrom the following options:

• Document Search
• Image Search
• Voice Search
• Video Search

You can also press "Filters..." option, to limit the search only to specific folders, or the file types:

Before pressing "Search", simply uncheck the folders or file formats, or use the buttons above them to change the search criteria for this session.

Each search is storedsaved in the Recent Searches area on the right. You can double double-click on a search query to searchrun it again. The time of the search and the type of search will also be visible.displayed.

If somethingthere are matches tofor your query, youthe results will be providedshown. with the results. If it is aFor Document, Voice, or Video result,results, the Content area will display the relevant text. If it is not visible, you can expand or shrinkadjust the columnscolumn sizes to fit your screen.

If it is anFor Image result,results, no content willis bedisplayed displayed,in butthe Content area. However, selecting thean image result once will displayshow a thumbnail onin the bottom right of the window.

Double Double-clicking on a result will open the file with the default toolapplication associated inwith that file type on your system.