(valid only when halftone is selected) Adjust the gamma curve by dragging the slide bar or entering a value. Moving the slide bar in the + direction reduces the difference between the highlight (light portion) and halftone. Moving the slide bar in the - direction reduces the difference between the shadow (dark portion) and halftone. In either case, the halftone becomes less prominent. Click the Apply button to apply the changes. NOTE Adjustment in the Tool menu becomes valid only if have been selected in on the main window. 107 Documnet Scanner Adjustment - Highlight and Shadow Display a dialog box for adjusting highlight and shadow. (valid only when halftone is selected) Adjust the highlight and shadow by dragging the slide bar or entering a value. Enhancing the highlight (bright portion) and the shadow (dark portion) makes clear shades on an image. Click the Apply button to apply calibration result. Parameter Reset Return all items in the Document Scanner to standard settings (default). 108 Document Scanner Image Scanning Image scanning is performed by the following procedures: Activate TWAIN-compatible application. 2 2 Select Acquire Image... in the File menu to display Document Scanner. 3 3 Specify the image type, resolution, and paper size of a document to be scanned. 4 4 Place a manuscript on Platen or ADF and click the Preview button. A preview-scanned image is displayed in the preview window. t 109 Document Scanner 5 5 Apply the following adjustment on the preview image: Drag the scanning frame (black frame) on the preview window to specify the scanning area. If an area has already been selected, double-clicking with Shift button held down selects the whole image. Clicking Zoom In / Zoom Out button zooms in/out a preview-scan image. Adjust the threshold value, brightness, and contrast (difference between dark and light portions) as required. 6Click the Scan button to import an image into document desktop. NOTE Adjust parameters for an optimum scanning image, with the view on preview image. Preview scanning can be repeated any number of times. Image scanning is only possible by the PC that the device is connected to directly through the parallel port. 110 Document Viewer Main Window The Document Viewer is an application for editing documents (image files) to be managed with the Document Manager (see page 89). In addition to usual image editing, the program provides various editing capabilities for documents with a wide selection of annotation functions. Double-clicking on the document (thumbnail) in the Document Manager screen or selecting Open in the Document menu displays the main window of the Document Viewer. NOTE The program is activated also by selecting Panasonic Panasonic Document Management System Document Viewer from Programs of the Start menu. 111 Documnet Viewer Title Bar Displays the title of the screen and the name of the image file being displayed. Menu Bar Displays the menu of the Document Viewer. Tool Bar Displays the tool buttons of the Document Viewer. Tool buttons correspond to functions of the menus in the menu bar. Page List Displays the pages of the documents as thumbnails (reduced image). Size Bar Adjusts the scaling of the display on the image window.. Link Icon Dragging and dropping a document on a link icon activates the application corresponding to each icon. Status Bar Displays information such as image file name, image type, and size. Image Window Displays the image and annotations of the pages being selected. Ruler Displays the actual size of an image that is selected. The unit of measurement is switched by Ruler Unit in the View menu. 112 Document Viewer Basic Operations Selecting Page Selecting a page by clicking in the page list displays an image of the selected page on the image window. Dragging and dropping a page in the page list can change the order of the pages. Image Editing The image displayed in the image window is edited with the menu below: Edit menu : Editing operations such as cutting, copying, pasting annotation added to an image. Deleting, copying, and rotating the page. Image menu : Image correction and color balance adjustment of the whole page. Selecting Area Dragging the mouse on the image window allows selection of a specific area in an image. This function is used to save a specified area or specifying an area for annotation. 113 Document Viewer Annotation Function Document Viewer provides the functions for adding various graphics and text to an image. The graphics and text added to an image are called . The annotation function, unlike usual image editing applications, does not change an image itself but lays graphics and texts onto an image. Annotations and the original image are displayed as one image. Annotations are managed separately from image data. Therefore, the Document Viewer can switch between displaying and hiding annotations. If an image is edited with the Document Viewer, and is exported (sent) to ...
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