# Question About Loading Data in 3D Slicer

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-loading-data-in-3d-slicer/11686>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-loading-data-in-3d-slicer/11686 "2020-05-25T01:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![eKwas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@eKwas](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/eKwas)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-loading-data-in-3d-slicer/11686/1 "2020-05-25T01:44:16Z")

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Hello:

When loading data (not DICOM) into 3D Slicer (using Windows 10 Slicer version 4.11.0, but I have had this same issue with 4.10.2), is there a way to change the presets (what appears when you click “Show Options”). More specifically, I want to have 3D Slicer automatically make the column of boxes labelled “Single File” unchecked when it loads my images (by default, this is a checked box-column). What would also help is a means by which to select many of these boxes at a time (rather than one box at a time, which is how I currently work); is there a way to do this? I commonly work with hundreds of images at a time, so unchecking all of these one-by-one can be quite laborious.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/question-about-loading-data-in-3d-slicer/11686/2 "2020-05-25T02:02:53Z")

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If you need to repeat the same operation more than a couple of times, then it may worth writing a short python script to automate it. For example, you can write a module that loads your data set with exactly how you want them to be loaded. You can find lots of examples in the [script repository](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/ScriptRepository#Load_volume_from_file). You can learn more about scripting and module creation in Slicer from [these tutorials](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Training#PerkLab.27s_Slicer_bootcamp_training_materials).