User manual VISIONEER PAPERPORT ONETOUCH SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] PaperPort OneTouch Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION PaperPort 5. 3 Software for Windows. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. AnyPort, AutoFix, AutoLaunch, FormTyper, MicroChrome, PaperEnable, PaperLaunch, PaperPort, PaperPort Deluxe, PaperPort ix, PaperPort Links, PaperPort mx, PaperPort PowerBar, PaperPort vx, PaperPortation, PaperPort Strobe, PaperPort 3000, PaperPort 3100B, PaperPort 6000, PaperPort 6000A, PaperPort 6000B, PaperPort 6100, PaperPort OneTouch, ScanDirect, SimpleSearch, SharpPage, and Visioneer are trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. PaperPort, Paper-driven, and the Visioneer logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. [. . . ] In this sample, the Custom button is set up to scan the item with the configuration named Editing Text (OCR) Accurate, and then after the scanning is finished, to open Microsoft WordPad to display the converted text of the scanned image. CHANGING THE BUTTON SETTINGS 15 Select a software application to send the scanned image to that application. Click the tab of the button you want to change, if it isn't already selected. Scroll the list of Application to Send Scanned Data To and click the new application you want to use to view and work with the scanned image. w NOTE: If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word and a configuration for OCR, the text in scanned images is automatically converted to word processing text by the optical character recognition (OCR) software that you receive with the scanner. Click a selection in the Configuration to Use list to choose a new scan setting for the selected scanner button. The configurations in the list are preset for the application you select in the application list. If you select another application, the configurations are for that application. 16 PAPERPORT ONETOUCH SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To see the settings for a configuration, select it and click the Edit button. See the section "Adjusting a Button's Scan Settings and Page Settings" on page 17 for more information. If you want to select a configuration prior to scanning, click the option, Configure before Scanning. Then, when you press a scanner button, the PaperPort Scan Manager appears first and you can select a configuration before scanning. See "Scanning an Item" on page 21 for more information about the Scan Manager. Now when you press the scanner button, it scans the image using the new configuration settings and displays the scanned image in the new application. w NOTE: The Preferences dialog box is also available from the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. Click the icon with the right mouse button, then choose Preferences from the shortcut menu. Click a button on the panel with the right mouse button (don't click with the left mouse button; clicking with the left mouse button starts scanning). The Preferences dialog box appears. SELECTING PROPERTIES Clicking the Properties tab on the Preferences dialog box displays a list of options and settings for customizing the scanner, and provides a direct link to Visioneer's web site. Please see the Help information for a complete description of the Properties. GETTING HELP WITH THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS The software for scanning with the OneTouch buttons includes Help information. That information describes each feature of the software and answers questions about the how to configure the buttons for the best scanning. CHANGING THE BUTTON SETTINGS 17 To get help with the OneTouch buttons: s Click the Help button on the Preferences dialog box or on the other dialog boxes that you use to select options for the OneTouch buttons. ADJUSTING A BUTTON'S SCAN SETTINGS AND PAGE SETTINGS You can adjust a button's scan settings and page settings for the item being scanned. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the setting. The selected tab on the dialog box corresponds to the button you want to adjust. In the Configuration to Use list, click the configuration that you want to adjust. The dialog box for adjusting the scanning appears. 18 PAPERPORT ONETOUCH SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Mode--Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. [. . . ] You can adjust the brightness and contrast at which grayscale and color items are scanned. If an item is currently displayed in the preview area, the changes you make using the Brightness and Contrast control bars are reflected in the preview item. ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS IN PAPERPORT 27 To adjust brightness and contrast: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. [. . . ]