User`s guide

4-6 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User’s Guide (Macintosh)
Overview and Prescan
The Overview and Prescan buttons are used to obtain a preview of the image to be scanned. The
Overview previews a specific area of the scan bed, while the Prescan previews the area selected by
the scan frame in high resolution. Multiple prescans can also be done if you have several scan jobs
defined, and you can then switch among the various views.
The default overview previews the entire scan bed, but you can specify the size of the preview area to
fit your needs in the Overview Setup command. The Prescan Setup command lets you determine the
margin and size of the prescan image.
To change your the size of your preview area:
1. Go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and choose Overview Setup.
2. When the Overview Setup dialog box appears, click the Overview button to preview the entire
bed. This will help you determine how you wish to resize the overview area.
3. To change the overview area, you can:
• Drag a rectangle that approximates the size of the overview that you wish; or
• Enter the appropriate values for the Top, Left, Width, and Height edit boxes. Top and Left
refer to the starting points of the overview area on the x and y coordinates. Width is the
expanse of the overview area, and Height is the depth of the overview area. The new
dimensions for the overview area will take effect on the next Overview — when you click
the Overview button again in the Preview window (not the Overview button in the Over-
view Setup dialog box).
Click the
Overview button
to preview the
entire bed, which
can then help you
determine the
area you want for
the overview.
Drag the rectangle or
specify values to
change the size of the
overview area.
Note:
To get a bigger
overview
image on the
monitor,
enlarge your
preview
window by
dragging on
the bottom
right corner of
the window.