User`s guide

Common tasks

Scanning to a multi-page PDF file

Ever wanted to be able to scan in and send a multi-page document to a colleague, or a long

magazine article to a friend overseas? Use VueScan's multi-page PDF feature, and you won't

have to send them as individual image files any more.

Here's how to do it:

Adjust output settings

1. Select the Input tab (p. 49) at the top of the Options panel (p. 9)

2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.

Scan the first page

1. Place the documents in the document feeder or on the glass

2. Click the Scan button (p. 47) to start a new PDF file

Scan each page in succession

1. Place additional documents in the document feeder or on the glass

2. Click the Scan+ button (p. 47)

3. Repeat until you have no more pages to scan

4. Click the View button (p. 47) to view the multi-page PDF file

Scanning two-sided documents with a single-sided document feeder

Have you ever needed to scan two-sided documents, but your document feeder only scans one

side at a time? Use VueScan'sPDF | Interleave (p. 44) command and you can scan two-sided

(duplex) documents with your scanner.

Here's how to do it:

Adjust output settings

1. Select the Input tab (p. 49) at the top of the Options panel (p. 9)

2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.

Scan the front sides

1. Place the documents in the document feeder front-side up

2. Click the Scan button (p. 47) to start a new PDF file