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Online help pages for the Nici Picture Downloader for Windows 98,ME,2000,XP and 2003.

These pages are extracted from Nici's help system and require Internet Explorer v5.0 or later.

Certain interactive commands are not available in the online version.

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Overview of Nici
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Adding Pages
History page
Download Control Window
Report Tab
Crawl Settings Tab
Nici-Quick vs Crawl Strategies
Picture pages
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Thumb Directory pages
Auto-Pilot
Unknown pages
Downloading Pages
Download Pages
Downloading Movies
Last Picture
Removing Pages
Download Line
Search Engines
Getting More Pictures
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Glossary
Download Control Window

This is used to manually add new pages {A page starts as a url address of a web-page and is listed on the left-hand side of the Nici window. When a page is first added, it is classified as a waiting page, then as a downloading page, then as a finished page. The Nici-Quick strategy further classifies a finished page as either a picture page or directory page depending on what it contains. Show more help for this topicMore } to the download line {The download line contains pages waiting to be downloaded. Unlike a browser, Nici allows you to choose many links without waiting for each to finish downloading. Show more help for this topicMore }. or to tell Nici to re-download a page.

To open the Download Control Window, click on the File menu, then click on New Page...

To open the Download Control Window on an existing page , double click on the page {A page starts as a url address of a web-page and is listed on the left-hand side of the Nici window. When a page is first added, it is classified as a waiting page, then as a downloading page, then as a finished page. The Nici-Quick strategy further classifies a finished page as either a picture page or directory page depending on what it contains. Show more help for this topicMore }

Add a page by entering its web-addressOpen Download Control Window

Address

In the Address box, enter an http url address, or use the drop-down button to access your Internet Explorer favorites, or a previously entered address.

Download Strategy

Choose to use either the Nici-Quick {Nici-Quick is the default download strategy. It quickly and efficiently downloads, and classifies pages as either Picture pages or Directory pages. Nici also offers the Crawl download strategy which can be used if Nici-Quick does not correctly handle the page. Show more help for this topicMore } download strategy or the Crawl {Crawl downloading is the backup download strategy. Unlike the the Nici-Quick download strategy, Crawl downloading systematically downloads and searches through all links. Before starting a Crawl download, a number of parameters need to be chosen.Show more help for this topicMore } download strategy.

The Nici-Quick {Nici-Quick is the default download strategy. It quickly and efficiently downloads, and classifies pages as either Picture pages or Directory pages. Nici also offers the Crawl download strategy which can be used if Nici-Quick does not correctly handle the page. Show more help for this topicMore } download strategy is recommended as it is quick and easy to use, and you can later switch to the Crawl {Crawl downloading is the backup download strategy. Unlike the the Nici-Quick download strategy, Crawl downloading systematically downloads and searches through all links. Before starting a Crawl download, a number of parameters need to be chosen.Show more help for this topicMore } strategy if Nici-Quick {Nici-Quick is the default download strategy. It quickly and efficiently downloads, and classifies pages as either Picture pages or Directory pages. Nici also offers the Crawl download strategy which can be used if Nici-Quick does not correctly handle the page. Show more help for this topicMore } does not work on the page. If you have knowledge of the structure of the web-site, and want to fine tune the download settings, use Crawl {Crawl downloading is the backup download strategy. Unlike the the Nici-Quick download strategy, Crawl downloading systematically downloads and searches through all links. Before starting a Crawl download, a number of parameters need to be chosen.Show more help for this topicMore } downloading.

Options

Download Movies. If enabled, Nici will download any movies it finds and save them to your Movie Folder.

Use the Maximum Downloads to place a cap on the number of downloads.

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