4.2.41. Exporting Multiple Files
Document Actions
ELAN offers the possibility to export multiple annotation files as one file. To do so click on and one of the three following options:
In the dialog window that now opens do one of the following:
Select an existing domain from the list and click . (Click if you want to delete the domain.)
Create a new domain:
Click
Click in the new dialog on the Look in pull down box and browse to the directory that contains the annotation files.
Double-click an annotation file (
*.eaf) to select it. It now appears in the rightmost box. Alternatively, you can click on the annotation file name and click the button.Repeat this for every annotation file you want to include.
It is also possible to select a complete directory. All
.eaffiles in a selected directory will be included.Click to continue the exporting process; otherwise click to exit the dialog window without exporting.
If you clicked you can save this domain: enter a name and click . If you do not want to save the domain click .
Create a new domain from an IMDI search:
Click
Browse to and select an IMDI file that has been exported from a metadata search in the standalone IMDI Browser.
Click .
You can save this domain: enter a name and click . If you do not want to save the domain click .
The next step depends on which of the three menu options you have chosen:
: Select tiers and options as you would do when exporting a single Tab-delimited Text file (see Section 4.2.25). A column containing the filenames is added to the export file.
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Note The following options cannot be checked:
Restrict to selected time interval: the selected time interval does not necessarily correspond to an interval in the files selected for export.
Add master media time offset to annotation times: the master media (time offset) of the file currently opened in ELAN does not necessarily correspond to the media (time offset) of the files selected for export.
: Select the tiers (if Tiers by Name is selected) or tier types (if Tiers by Type is selected) from which the annotations are to be exported. Note that the annotations are not separated into words. Check Count occurrences if you want the list to include the number of occurrences for each annotation.
: Select the tiers (if Tiers by Name is selected) or tier types (if Tiers by Type is selected) from which the annotations are to be exported and specify the token delimiters. Check Count occurrences if you want the list to include the number of occurrences for each token.
After clicking you are asked to enter a filename for the new file. Clicking will export the file.
Third party update, regular expressions
