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# Process documents

> Process documents on the Scanning Station using batch types: create a batch, scan pages, enter registration parameters, and export the finished batch.

Depending on your processing needs, you can place scanned documents in a single batch or in several batches. All batches belong to a particular batch type.

A batch type is a collection of settings that determine how a document is scanned, processed, and exported.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create a new batch">
    Select the batch type in the **Selected batch type** field on the [toolbar](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/interface/toolbars). To create a batch of the selected type, select **File → New Batch** or press **Ctrl+N**. If the batch type properties require registration parameters, you are prompted to enter the [registration parameters](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/shared/interface/batch-type-regparams).

    Depending on the batch type settings, a new batch can be created automatically when scanning starts or after a certain number of pages have been scanned.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start the scanning process">
    On the toolbar, select the newly created batch type to make it current, then click **Scan**. For more information, see [Scan images](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/shared/scan-station/how-to-scan).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export the scanned documents">
    When scanning is finished, click **Send To** on the toolbar. If the batch type settings require checking the batch before export, you cannot export it until it meets the requirements, for example, until all required registration parameters are filled in. For more information, see [Export batches](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/scan-station/how-to-export).
  </Step>
</Steps>

For more information about batch processing settings, see [Process documents with global settings](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/scan-station/how-to-work-default).

For instructions on editing batches, documents, and pages, see [Work with documents, batches, and pages](/flexi-capture/scanning-station/shared/scan-station/how-to-batch-and-document).