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Do you have some drawings or other images that are too big to fit in the scanner? Or already pasted

into a scrapbook? You can still scan them in with PhotoPlus, using the hand-scanning feature. If a picture is too big, you can scan it in sections and then use your software to “stitch” the sections together.

Once you get the hang of it, you’ll probably find lots more ways to use hand scanning. Try capturing one of your kids’ drawings for a calendar or greeting card, or scanning a page of text to send by fax modem.

This chapter covers the following:

NOTE

The maximum width you can scan by hand is 4.1 inches. The maximum length is 10 inches. If the image you want to scan is too wide or too long, you can scan it in several passes and stitch the images together.

Setting the Software for Hand Scanning

Follow these steps to prepare for scanning by hand:

1Start PhotoPlus and click the scan button. The Select Source dialog box appears.

❙Setting the software for hand scanning

❙Capturing the image by hand scanning

❙Stitching two images together.

2Click PhotoPlus Scan, and then click Select. The PhotoPlus Scan window appears, as shown on page 2-3.

3Click the Custom button.

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