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   * Launch Zerene Stacker, load source files, and File > Save Project.   * Launch Zerene Stacker, load source files, and File > Save Project.
-  * Click on Batch > Slabbing... to open the Slabbing panel of the Preferences dialog. +  * Click on Batch > Slabbing... to open the Preferences dialog. 
-  * In the Slabbing panel, adjust the slab size and overlap as desired. \\ // (Note that the Preferences > Slab Saving panel can only be reached when the Preferences panel is opened through Batch >  Slabbing. ​ Otherwise that slot is occupied by the normal Image Saving parameters.) //+  * In the Slabbing panel, adjust the slab size and overlap as desired. 
 +  * in the Slab Saving panel, adjust the file type and naming convention as desired.  ​\\ // (Note that the Preferences > Slab Saving panel can only be reached when the Preferences panel is opened through Batch >  Slabbing. ​ Otherwise that slot is occupied by the normal Image Saving parameters.) // 
 +  * Adjust whatever other preferences you need, such as DMap Settings if you are generated slabs with DMap.
   * Click OK to close the Preferences dialog. This results in silently constructing a bunch of batch tasks to create the slabs.   * Click OK to close the Preferences dialog. This results in silently constructing a bunch of batch tasks to create the slabs.
-  * In the menu bar, click on Batch > Show Batch Dialog. ​You should see one batch of tasks, one task per slab. +  * In the menu bar, click on Batch > Show Batch Dialog. ​The last entry in Queued Batches will have a batch of tasks, one task per slab, generated by the Batch > Slabbing... operation
-  * Run All Batches.+  * Select that batch. 
 +  * Run Selected Batch. ​ \\ //(Note that if you have only one batch then you can Run All Batches. ​ But be aware that multiple Batch > Slabbing... operations will generate multiple batches, and Run All Batches will run all of them again -- probably not what you want!)//
   * Be sure that there'​s a checkmark on Options > Preferences > Preprocessing > "Add files to existing project as already aligned"​.   * Be sure that there'​s a checkmark on Options > Preferences > Preprocessing > "Add files to existing project as already aligned"​.
   * Look into the SavedImages subfolder of the project.   * Look into the SavedImages subfolder of the project.
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   * Retouch as needed.   * Retouch as needed.
  
-One caution: if you interrupt the batch script while slabbing is being done, then the output image naming template ​may be left as something like "Slab {outseq} PMax", rather than its default value of "​{datetime} ZS {method}"​ or whatever else you had it set to.  This can result in some confusion, as then subsequent normal outputs will be named as if they were slabs. ​ This behavior is on the list of bugs to be fixed in a subsequent release. ​ Until that happens, please check and reset the value of the output naming template if you need to interrupt the slabbing process. ​ It is located at Options > Preferences > Image Saving > Template.+The default values of 10 frames per slab and 3 frames overlap mean that the first slab will be frames 0-9, the second will be 7-16, the third will be 14-23, and so on, where frame 0 means the first frame in the Input Files list after alignment has been done.  In the Batch dialog, you can select a Task, click the Details button, and scroll down to confirm the Selected Input Indices near the bottom of the Task Details list. 
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 +One caution: if you interrupt the batch script while slabbing is being done, then the output image saving parameters ​may be left as they were for slabbing, not restored to their values used for normal stacking. ​ This is most likely observed by the naming template ​left as something like "Slab {outseq} PMax", rather than its default value of "​{datetime} ZS {method}"​ or whatever else you had it set to.  This can result in some confusion, as then subsequent normal outputs will be named as if they were slabs. ​ This behavior is on the list of bugs to be fixed in a subsequent release. ​ Until that happens, please check and reset the value of the output naming template if you need to interrupt the slabbing process. ​ It is located at Options > Preferences > Image Saving > Template.  The other file saving parameters, such as file type, compression level (for JPEG), and bit depth and compression type (for TIFF) may also be left set incorrectly.
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