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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Welcome
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Features at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2: Scanning Items
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Choosing a Target Application and Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using the ScanDirect To Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Scan Settings Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using ScanDirect Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting PaperPort Desktop Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting the Page Viewer Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting Photocopy Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting Fax Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting E-Mail Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting Word Processing Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Selecting Image Editing Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting Other Application Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Working with Scan Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Scan Mode Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
About Bit Depth and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting Predefined Scan Modes or Creating Your Own . 25
Scanning Color and Grayscale Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scanning to Get the Best Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Changing Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Straightening Pages and Removing Black Edges . . . . . . . . 30
Setting the Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Paper Insertion Delay and Edge Detection . . . . . . . . . 32
Turning the Communications Port On and Off . . . . . . . . . . 33