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Menus

There are a number of commands that can be chosen from the menus in the menu bar which are described below.

File | Save image
File | Last page
File | Page setup
File | Print image
File | Load options
File | Save options
File | Default options
File | Quit
Edit | Copy image
Edit | Copy OCR text
Scanner | Preview
Scanner | Scan
Scanner | Abort
Scanner | Eject
Scanner | Calibrate
Scanner | Focus
Scanner | Exposure
Scanner | Previous
Scanner | Next
Profile | Profile scanner
Profile | Profile printer
Profile | Profile film
Image | Refresh
Image | Zoom In
Image | Zoom Out
Image | Rotate left
Image | Rotate right
Image | Flip
Image | Mirror
Image | Release memory
Image | Graph off
Image | Graph raw
Image | Graph b/w
Image | Graph curve
Image | Graph image
Page | Previous
Page | Next
Page | First
Page | Last
Page | Move front
Page | Move back
Page | Reverse
Page | Interleave
Page | Separate
Page | Swap even/odd
Page | Delete
Page | Delete all
Help | Users Guide
Help | Usage Tips
Help | Release Notes
Help | About


File | Save image

Same as pressing the "Save" button.


File | Last page

When using Output | TIFF multi page or Output | PDF multi page, this command tells VueScan that the last page has been scanned and written, and the file can be written to the hard drive.


File | Page setup

This command lets you control how the scanned image is placed on the printed page.


File | Print image

This command prints the current preview or scan.


File | Load options

This command lets you load the current options settings from a file.


File | Save options

This command lets you save the current options settings to a file.


File | Default options

This command sets all options for the current scanner and scan mode to their default values.


File | Quit

This command causes VueScan to exit. The current option settings will be saved to VueScan.ini.

On Mac OS X, this command is in the VueScan menu.


Edit | Copy image

This command copies the current image to the clipboard.

If you've created a preview but not a scan, the section of the preview inside the crop box is used, otherwise the most recent scan is used.


Edit | Copy OCR text

This command is for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the current image and copies the text to the clipboard.

You need to set Input | Media to "Text" or "Microfilm" for this to work.

If you've created a preview but not a scan, the section of the preview inside the crop box is used, otherwise the most recent scan is used. However, if Input | Preview resolution is set to "Auto" or something less than 300 dpi, this may not work very well.


Scanner | Preview

Same as pressing the "Preview" button.


Scanner | Scan

Same as pressing the "Scan" button.


Scanner | Abort

Same as pressing the "Abort" button.


Scanner | Eject

Ejects film from a film scanner or paper from a document feeder.


Scanner | Calibrate

This command causes a scanner calibration on those scanners that support it. Generally, calibration compensates for three things:

When properly calibrated, the scanner should theoretically produce the same values for each pixel, if an image that is a single tone and color were scanned.

Sometimes the calibration data gets stored inside the scanner memory, sometimes it's done once for every scan and sometimes VueScan stores the calibration data in a file when the "Scanner | Calibrate" command completes.

If you've got one or two narrow streaks appearing in the scan direction, try doing a scan with the scanner turned on its side. This can dislodge particles from the light path.


Scanner | Focus

This command focuses the scanner. The center of this focus area is displayed on the preview with a small animated box, and can also be changed with the Crop | Focus X offset and Crop | Focus Y offset options (options displayed only when the scanner is capable of this).


Scanner | Exposure

This command computes the optimal values for Input | RGB exposure and Input | Infrared exposure. It uses the pixels inside the crop box in the Preview tab to compute these values.


Scanner | Previous

Decreases Input | Frame number by 1.


Scanner | Next

Increases Input | Frame number by 1.


Profile | Profile scanner

See the section in this User's Guide describing ICC profiling of scanners, printers and film.


Profile | Profile printer

See the section in this User's Guide describing ICC profiling of scanners, printers and film.


Profile | Profile film

See the section in this User's Guide describing ICC profiling of scanners, printers and film.


Image | Refresh

If you've turned off the Prefs | Auto refresh option, then this command updates the current image or histogram to match any option changes that have been made.


Image | Zoom In

Same as pressing the "Zoom In" button


Image | Zoom Out

Same as pressing the "Zoom Out" button


Image | Rotate left

Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise


Image | Rotate right

Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise


Image | Flip

Rotates the image 180 degrees


Image | Mirror

Mirrors the image left to right


Image | Release memory

This command releases the memory used by VueScan to store the most recent scans and previews. This can be useful if you need more memory for another program.

You can control how much memory VueScan will use by setting the Prefs | Image Memory (MB) option if your system is short on memory.


Image | Graph off

This command turns off any image graph that's being displayed.


Image | Graph raw

This command displays a histogram of the intensities of the raw scan data.


Image | Graph b/w

This command displays a histogram with the black/white points.


Image | Graph curve

This command displays the current correction curve.


Image | Graph image

This command displays the histogram of the current image after correction by the black/white points and the curve.


Page | Previous

This command changes to the previous page. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to aBcdef (current page B).


Page | Next

This command changes to the next page. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to abcDef (current page D).


Page | First

This command changes to the first page. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to Abcdef (current page A).


Page | Last

This command changes to the last page. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to abcdeF (current page F).


Page | Move front

This command moves the current page towards the front. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to aCbdef (current page C).


Page | Move back

This command moves the current page towards the back. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to abdCef (current page C).


Page | Reverse

This command reverses the order of the pages. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to fedCba (current page C).


Page | Interleave

This command reorders front/back scans by interleaving front/back pages - i.e. fffbbb gets reordered to fbfbfb. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to adbeCf (current page C).


Page | Separate

This command reorders front/back scans by separating front/back pages - i.e. fbfbfb gets reordered to fffbbb. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to aCebdf (current page C).


Page | Swap even/odd

This command reorders front/back scans by swapping front/back pages - i.e. bfbfbf gets reordered to fbfbfb. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to badCfe (current page C).


Page | Delete

This command deletes the current page. For instance, if there are six pages abCdef and Input | Frame number is 3 (current page C), this command will change the pages to abDef (current page D).


Page | Delete all

This command will delete all pages.


Help | Users Guide

This command displays the VueScan User's Guide, in html format.


Help | Usage Tips

This command displays usage tips for using VueScan.


Help | Release Notes

This command displays the contents of the VueScan Release Notes.


Help | About

This command displays the version number and a box for entering your serial number.

On Mac OS X, this command is in the VueScan menu.

This serial number is stored in:

   Mac OS X   /Users/Shared/.vuescanrc
   Windows    Registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VueScan\license\ActivationKey
   Linux      ~/.vuescanrc
On Mac OS X, if you want all network users to have the same serial number, you can manually move this file to:

   /Library/Application Support/VueScan/.vuescanrc