Using the ST ViewScan Digital Microform Scanner: Scanning Controls
Scanning Documents
Once you have located your document and have adjusted the image quality appropriately, you can now scan using two different methods. You can scan the entire image that appears on the screen or you can select a portion of the image and scan and save that selection.
Scanning the Entire Screen
1. To scan the entire image, click on the Capture Full Frame button located on the lower left portion of the screen.
2. Once you have clicked Capture Full Frame, the computer will conduct a scan of the visible area of the document. Once complete, a small thumbnail picture of the image scanned will appear on the lower portion of the ViewScan screen.
3. You can view a copy of the image you scanned by clicking on the thumbnail image.
4. If the scanned image does not look how you expected, see Starting the ViewScan Program.
5. To save your image you will need to follow the steps on the Save, Email, or Print page.
Scanning Selections from the Image
1. If you only want to scan a portion or portions of the image, you will need to switch ViewScan to Cropping mode. You do this by clicking on the Cropping tab on upper left portion of the toolbar.
2. Once ViewScan is in Cropping mode, you can select the area of the image you want by using the cross-hair/cursor to draw a box around the desired area.
Note: It is possible to select more than one image area by creating additional boxes.
3. Once you have selected the desired area(s) with the selection tool, you can create a scan of the desired areas by clicking the Capture Cropped Area button.
4. Once you have clicked Capture Cropped Area, the computer will scan the desired area(s). When complete, a small thumbnail picture of the image scanned will appear on the lower portion of the ViewScan screen.
5. You can view a copy of the image you scanned by clicking on the thumbnail image.
6. To save your image you will need to follow the steps on the Save, Email, or Print page.