42 Scanning from HP Precisionscan Pro

Cropping or selecting an area for final scan

Once a scanned image appears in the HP Precisionscan Pro software, you must select which area becomes the final scanned image by creating a selection area. When you create a selection area, a dotted selection border appears around the area:

selection border

For information about the appearance of the cursor when it is over an area of the selection border, see "Context-sensitive cursors" on page 121.

Tip If you only want to look more closely at an area without changing what will be included in the final scan, see "Getting a closer look (zooming)" on page 43.

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To crop or select an area for final scan

Do one of the following:

Move the cursor over the area you want and click.

When the cursor looks like this: , click on one corner of the area you want and drag the cursor to the opposite corner to draw a rectangular selection area.

On the Edit menu, click Select All. The entire scanner bed, including blank areas, is selected.

To change the selection area

Click the edge of the selection border and drag to change the selection area.

To move the selection border

Move the cursor over the selection area. When the cursor looks like this: , click and drag the selection border to the new location.

To remove the selection border

Do one of the following:

Press ESC.

On the Edit menu, click Unselect All.

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HP 4400C, 5400C manual Cropping or selecting an area for final scan, To crop or select an area for final scan

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