Scanning

SCANNING

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OUTLINE

1. Best scanner settings

a. Text

b. Images

2. Import details

a. Text

b. Images

Note that the best approach is (a) read the documentation and (b) experiment

1. BEST SCANNER SETTINGS

a. DOCUMENT TO BE SAVED AS TEXT (OCR)

1. 300 dpi, 100%, Brightness = -9

b. DOCUMENT TO BE SAVED AS A GRAPHIC

1. 150 dpi, 100%…these numbers affect the swap file size

2. In VistaScan32 check Auto Adjust and then test variations

c. IMAGES

2. Try 150 dpi, 100%…these numbers affect the swap file size

3. In VistaScan32 check Auto Adjust and then test variations

4. Save as JPG to allow compression, and experiment with compression ratio

5. Save as TIF for quality but large files

6. Experiment for color and black and white settings

2. IMPORT DETAILS

d. DOCUMENT TO BE SAVED AS TEXT (OCR)

1. Paste to a second document, frame by frame

2. Eliminate extra paragraph marks

3. Headings

4. "Section" è "Chapter" etc.

5. Obvious changes

6. Spelling and grammar

7. Format

8. Import to main document

e. DOCUMENT TO BE SAVED AS TEXT

f. DOCUMENT TO BE SAVED AS A GRAPHIC