7.1 Window Overview

Figure 7.1:  The Ares scanner dialog window:

A

This is the main menu and contains in order from left to right.

Upload

This option uploads the currently scanned pages to the server to be displayed.

Scan Document

This option, depending on the setting, will initialize the scanner and scan a printed document. If it set to do so, the TWAIN driver for the scanner may open instead, this provides for better control of the scanner.

Scan & Insert

This option depending on the settings will either initialize the scanner or open the TWAIN driver for the scanner and scan a printed document and insert the pages into already scanned pages.

Import Image

This option allows you to browse your local system and import already digitized images into the scanning application.

Import File

This option will allow you to browse your local computer and upload an already digitized file to the server. Doing this will mark the item as available and close the window.

 Rescan Pages

This option is inactive at this time.

Settings

This option contains a sub-menu of items that can be set to control how your scanner will behave. Depending on the scanner attached there may be more or fewer items then what is listed here

Source

This option sets the current scanner being used, if more then one scanner is attached to the system. You can change scanners by clicking the down arrow and selecting the scanner you wish to work with.

Color

Color

B&W

This option will place the scanner in black and white or binary mode.

Halftone

This option will place the scanner in halftone mode. Halftone is a process in which the scanner simulates gray-scale using varying black and white patterns.

Gray-scale

This option will place the scanner in gray-scale mode.

Color

Color

Color

This option sets the resolution that the scanner will capture the image at. A normal setting for this is between 150 and 300. Please refer to your local documentation for guidance in this matter.

Use ADF

This option will initialize your scanners ADF, automatic document feeder, for the scanning of loose pages of printed material.

Duplex

This option will, if available on your scanner, activate the duplex function of you ADF. This is for scanning double sided loose leaf printed materials.

Show TWAIN Dialog

This option will open and allow you to use your scanners TWAIN driver and interface, when Scan Document is clicked. This option is recommend do to the limited nature of the Ares scanner interface.

B

This is a brief view of the citation for the item that is being scanned. The information displayed here changes based on if the source is a book or journal. All fields that would make up a full citation are displayed.

C

This panel displays a thumbnail view of all pages that have been scanned. Clicking on a
thumbnail will show the full view in panel E.

D

This area is the image manipulation menu. The items are, from top to bottom.

Select

This option allows you to select and area of an image.

Pan

This option allows you to move a zoomed image around the screen to see other areas of that image.

Crop

This option allows you crop an image to a selected area. (This function does not currently work).

Rotate

This option allows you to rotate individual, groups or all of the images either left 90, right 90 or 180.

Deskew

This option will automatically try to straighten the edge of a page so that the text is aligned.

Best Fit

This option will zoom an image in our out to fit the preview panel.

Zoom

This option allows you to zoom in on an image in the preview panel.

Undo

This option undoes the last edit made to the current image.

Export..

This option is currently not available.

Delete Pages

This option will delete the currently selected page(s) in the thumbnail view pane.

E

This area is the full size preview panel. Any items selected in the thumbnail view will be show full size in this area.