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+# the path to the test documents
+TestDocumentPath=../../testdocuments
+
+# the allowed memory increase per exported document: if the memory increase is higher than this number, the test will fail
+AllowMemoryIncrease=20
+
+# the amount of exported documents: each loaded document will be written 'ExportDocCount' times
+ExportDocCount=25
+
+# the import and export filters, separated by comma; further relations can be added with increasing numbers, like
+#'FileExportFilter4=sxd,draw_pdf_Export'
+FileExportFilter1=sxw,writer_pdf_Export
+FileExportFilter2=sxc,calc_pdf_Export
+FileExportFilter3=sxi,impress_pdf_Export