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--- bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode [2019/11/05 13:01] – [Custom URLs (advanced)] eros
+++ bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode [2023/04/19 10:56] (current) – eros
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 You can choose between the following creation "modes":
-  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#simple_mode_recommended|Simple mode]] (recommended)
+  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#simple_mode_recommended|Simple mode]]
-  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#custom_tuples_advanced|Custom tuples]] (advanced)
+  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#custom_tuples_advanced|Custom tuples]]
-  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#custom_urls_advanced|Custom URLs]] (advanced)
+  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#custom_urls_advanced|Custom URLs]]
-  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#local_files|Local files]] (advanced)
+  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#local_files|Local files]]
-  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#local_queries|Local queries]] (advanced)
+  * [[bootcat:help:corpus_creation_mode#local_queries|Local queries]]
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 In this mode you'll skip directly to the final step, the one where the corpus is built using a list of Internet addresses (or URLs).
-You'll be asked to provide a text file containing one URL per line.
+You'll be asked to provide a text file containing one **valid** URL per line, i.e. each line must begin with ''http:%%//%%'' or ''https:%%//%%''.
-You'll have to edit the list separately using a text editor (like Notepad for Windows or TextEdit for Mac) and save it in ''txt'' format.
+You'll have to edit the list separately using a text editor (like [[https://notepad-plus-plus.org/|Notepad++]] for Windows or TextEdit for Mac) and save it in ''txt'' format.
 The text file should look like this:
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 http://some.site.com/index.html
 http://random.docs.org/thesis.docx
-...
 </file>
-**N.B.**: you need to provide a list of valid URLs, i.e. each line must begin with ''http://'' or ''https://''
+NB: up to version 1.21, BootCaT does not accept URLs lists encoded as "UTF8 **with BOM**", please make sure your URL list is saved as "UTF8" (**without BOM**), the issue will be solved in future versions of BootCaT.
 ===== Local files (advanced) =====
-Using this mode BootCaT will process all files contained in a folder (and its subfolders) on your computer. Files will be cleaned and a single text file will be created.
+Using this mode BootCaT will process all files contained in a folder on your computer. Files will be cleaned and the corpus files will be created.
+Most common file formats are supported, including ''html'', ''pdf'' and ''doc'' files.
+===== Local queries (advanced) =====
+Using this mode, you can query Google normally using a web browser and save the result pages to a folder. Then you can tell BootCaT where this folder is and it will extract the URLs from the queries you saved.