116 Using software commands and controls

Context-sensitive cursors

The shape of the pointer indicates the type of activity you can perform in the scanning software.

Selection area cursor

New selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draw a new selection area.

 

 

 

 

 

area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag the selection area to a new location in the

area

 

 

 

 

 

 

preview area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drag the selection area to another program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press CTRL and drag the selection area to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows desktop or a folder in Windows Explorer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resize selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appears over handles on the sides of the selection

area horizontally

 

 

 

 

 

 

area. Drag the cursor to resize the width of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selection area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resize selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appears over the handles on the top or bottom of

area vertically

 

 

 

 

 

 

the selection area. Drag the cursor to resize the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

height of the selection area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resize selection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appears over handles on the corners of the

area diagonally

 

 

 

 

 

 

selection area. Drag the cursor to resize both the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

height and width of the selection area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drop allowed

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program or folder the image has been dragged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to accepts this kind of drop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drop not allowed

 

 

 

 

 

 

The program into which you are trying to drag the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image does not accept this kind of drop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ready cursor

 

 

 

 

 

Ready for activity

Click a menu item and select a command.

 

 

Click a list button to select an option.

 

 

Click a button to turn it on or off, or to increase or

 

 

decrease a number.

 

 

 

Typing cursor

 

 

 

 

 

Data entry

Click, then type a value.

 

accepted

 

 

 

 

Pixel value cursor

 

 

 

 

 

Highlight

Position this cursor over a light area in the image to

 

eyedropper

see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the

 

 

histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the

 

 

Highlight value. In the Transparency Exposure

 

 

Adjustment tool, click to set the RGB value.

 

 

 

 

Shadow

Position this cursor over a dark area of the image to

 

eyedropper

see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the

 

 

histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the

 

 

Shadow value.

 

 

 

 

Eyedropper and

Indicates this area is an area in which pixel value is

 

the “no” symbol

not available.

 

 

 

What’s This? Help cursor

 

 

 

 

 

What’s This? Help

Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for pop-up

 

 

Help on that item.