User manual NUANCE SCANSOFT PAPERPORT 5.0

[. . . ] PaperPort 5. 0 Software User's Guide FOR MACINTOSH COPYRIGHT INFORMATION PaperPort 5. 0 Software for Macintosh. 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, ScanDirect, SimpleSearch, SharpPage, and Visioneer are trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. PaperPort, Paper-driven, and the Visioneer logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. [. . . ] On the PaperPort Desktop, select the item. From the Desktop menu, choose Duplicate. You can also hold down the Option key and drag the selected item into a different folder, to create a copy of the item in the folder. w TIP: To copy a page in a stack, click the Page Navigator to move to that page in the stack. Then choose Duplicate Current Page from the Desktop menu. The duplicated page appears as an untitled item on the PaperPort Desktop. CREATING STACKS WHEN YOU SCAN If you want to scan a multi-page item and have it appear as a stack, select the Multiple Page Scan Dialog option in the ScanDirect Settings dialog box. When you select this option, the PaperPort software prompts you to insert the next page as you scan the item and automatically creates a stack. You can select this option when you use ScanDirect to scan to any target application including the PaperPort Desktop, Page Viewer, your electronic fax software, or OCR software. For more information about ScanDirect settings, see Chapter 2, "Scanning Items. " 68 5: Working with Stacks s ble nt Ta onte C of CHAPTER 6 Fine-Tuning Images Sometimes, after you scan an image and view it in the Page Viewer, you notice that the page has small marks or smudges, or is crooked. You may also notice that a picture is out of focus or has poor color or contrast. You can correct these problems by using the Page menu commands. This chapter tells you how to: · Straighten or trim a page · Clean a black-and-white page · Rotate pages · Sharpen the focus of an image · Adjust and enhance an image · Undo a change STRAIGHTENING AND TRIMMING PAGES Use the Straighten Page command or the Straighten Page tool to straighten a page that you inadvertently scanned at an angle. Use the Trim Page command if you scan a document that is narrower than 8-1/2 inches (21. 6 cm) or that has torn edges. The Trim Image option can remove the black edges. 69 s ble nt Ta onte C of To straighten or trim a page by using the Page menu command: 1. Display the page that you want to change on the PaperPort Desktop or in the Page Viewer. From the Page menu, choose Straighten Page or Trim Page. To straighten a page by using the Straighten Page tool: 1. Display the page that you want to straighten in the Page Viewer. On the Annotation Tool Bar, click the Straighten Page tool. Drag the crosshair down the page to draw a line. The PaperPort software uses the line as a guide and straightens the page. CLEANING BLACK-AND-WHITE PAGES Sometimes a page has small marks, dots, or speckles that appear on the scanned image. For example, if you scan a newspaper article, the newsprint may have speckles that the scanner picks up. If you want to process a scanned text image using OCR software, the speckled pages can slow down the performance of the software and produce poor results. From the Page menu, choose Clean Page. w TIP: To remove heavy splotches and marks, use the Annotation selection tool to select the marks, and then choose the Cut command from the Edit menu. [. . . ] The acronym for optical character recognition, the technology of translating characters in a graphic image of a printed page into machinereadable characters that you can edit using a word-processing program. An area on the left side of the PaperPort Desktop that you use to navigate to different locations and folders on your Macintosh computer to display PaperPort items on the PaperPort Desktop. A one-page document or one page of a stack. The elevated vertical lines on the PaperPort scanner that act as guides to inserting a page. Link Bar Mark-Up tool Note tool OCR Navigation pane page page markers 140 Glossary s ble nt Ta onte C of Page Navigator The buttons you click on the PaperPort Desktop or the Page Viewer to move from page to page in a stack or to go to a specific page. [. . . ]