Context-sensitive cursors
The shape of the pointer indicates the type of activity you can perform in the scanning software.
Selection area cursor
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| Draw a new selection area. |
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Move selection |
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| Drag the selection area to a new location in the |
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| Drag the selection area to another program. |
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| Press CTRL and drag the selection area to the |
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| Windows desktop or a folder in Windows Explorer. |
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Resize selection |
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| Appears over handles on the sides of the selection |
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| area. Drag the cursor to resize the width of the |
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Resize selection |
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| Appears over the handles on the top or bottom of |
area vertically |
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| the selection area. Drag the cursor to resize the |
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| height of the selection area. |
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Resize selection |
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| Appears over handles on the corners of the |
area diagonally |
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| selection area. Drag the cursor to resize both the |
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| height and width of the selection area. |
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Drop allowed |
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| The program or folder the image has been dragged |
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Drop not allowed |
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| The program into which you are trying to drag the |
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Ready cursor |
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| Ready for activity | Click a menu item and select a command. |
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| Click a list button to select an option. |
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| Click a button to turn it on or off, or to increase or |
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| decrease a number. |
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Typing cursor |
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| Data entry | Click, then type a value. |
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Pixel value cursor |
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| Highlight | Position this cursor over a light area in the image to |
| eyedropper | see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the |
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| histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the |
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| Highlight value. In the Transparency Exposure |
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| Adjustment tool, click to set the RGB value. |
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| Shadow | Position this cursor over a dark area of the image to |
| eyedropper | see its pixel value in the RGB meter and the |
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| histogram. Click on pixels to set them as the |
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| Shadow value. |
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| Eyedropper and | Indicates this area is an area in which pixel value is |
| the “no” symbol | not available. |
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What’s This? Help cursor |
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| What’s This? Help | Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for |
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