3.1.3. Local articles

Apart from using search tool, BioSumm can parse and summarize articles stored on local folders. The user can give in input to the summarizer three different types of files: html, pdf or txt as provided by a previous use of BioSumm Downloader (see Download section for more info).
Clicking on 'Load local...' button will show a window where the user can choose a number of files to give in input to the summarizer. After clicking OK on the file chooser window, articles are shown on the list with a cyan background, to let the user distinguish them from online search results. Loading local stored articles will improve performances, due to the fact that there's nothing to be downloaded. Using this method there's, of course, no need of internet connection. For local articles given in pdf or html format, the list will show filename only, whereas for txts saved from previous online searches with BioSumm, all infos available for the specified articles (title, journal, authors, ...) will be shown in the main window. It is also possible to combine both local articles and online search results, downloading, parsing and summarizing them all together.


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