Preferences Macros

This section of the preferences makes this application really useful, especially for non professionals. You will find that you have to scan for your daily work often the same sizes and color depths. With the "Scan Expert" switch unchecked in the General section of the preferences, a field of buttons will appear in the main window. These buttons will automatically setup all important scanning data on one click!



Size & Position
This group contains the geometric size information about the area to be scanned.

Text (cm)
Currently used units.

PopUp (Letter)
This popup holds some often used sizes for quick access.

X, Y, Width, Height
Current size and position settings. Here you may change them manually. All values are given in the current selected units. If values above the maximum are entered, the system will replace them with the maximum.


PopUp (Color)
The selector for the used color depth. The field behind this popup gives the depth in bit. The available color depths may differ on the model of the scanner.

PopUp (150)
The selector for the used resolution in dpi (dots per inch). In the field beside this popup you may change the value manually. If the value is out of the scanner dependent range the system will set the next possible value.

Button field with color symbols
Click to setup one certain macro.

Text fields
Contains the text, that will appear on the macro button.

Button "Set"
To accept current settings (including those of the hardware filters) as for the active selected macro.

Button "Use Current"
This button will transfer the size, color depth and resolution from the actual main window.

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