There are a number of buttons that can be used to initiate or abort scanning.
Preview button
Scan button
Guide me button
Less button
More button
Back button
Next button
Advanced button
Abort button
Refresh button
Save button
Print button
Rotate L button
Rotate R button
Zoom Out button
Zoom In button
Previous frame button
Next frame button
This button does a quick preview scan of the area described by Crop | Preview area and displays it in the Preview tab.
A preview scan is usually created at a lower resolution and is therefore faster. From the preview you can set your cropping, filtering and color balance options that will be applied to the final scan.
Want to preview more than one frame at a time? Then use the Input | Batch scan option. Several previews can be in memory at the same time, and you can change which preview you are viewing by changing the number in Input | Frame number.
If you're scanning from disk, and specify the starting file in numbered series (e.g. scan0001.tif) you can use the Frame number to select a file. For example, if Input | Files is set to "scan0001.tif" and Input | Frame number is 12, VueScan will look for the file "scan0012.tif" when Preview is pressed.
Other options for specifying numbering schemes for VueScan files are documented on the Output tab help topics.
This button performs the scan, displays the image in the Scan tab and optionally saves to the file type(s) selected in the Output tab.
If a preview scan is not available, VueScan will perform a preview in order to calculate exposure and crop area. If Input | Lock exposure is set and Crop | Auto offset and Crop | Auto rotate are not set, no preview will be created.
You can scan more than one frame at a time by using the Input | Batch scan option.
If you're scanning from disk, and specify the starting file in numbered series (e.g. scan0001.tif) you can use the Frame number to select a file. For example, if Input | Files is set to "scan0001.tif" and Input | Frame number is 12, VueScan will look for the file "scan0012.tif" when Preview is pressed.
Other options for specifying numbering schemes for VueScan files are documented on the Output tab help topics.
This button is displayed when in advanced mode, and it changes the display to "Guide me" mode - a step-by-step way of scanning.
This button is displayed when in advanced mode after the "More" button has been pressed. When you press it, only the most significant options in each tab are displayed.
This button is displayed when in advanced mode. When you press it, all available options in each tab are displayed.
This button is displayed when in "Guide me" mode. When you press it, you go back to the previous step.
This button is displayed when in "Guide me" mode. When you press it, you go to the next step.
This button is displayed when in "Guide me" mode. When you press it, you exit "Guide me" mode and all options are displayed.
This button is displayed when a scan is in progress. When you press it, the scan is stopped and batch scanning is stopped.
This button is displayed when the Prefs | Auto refresh option is disabled. When you press it, the image is refreshed to match the values of the options.
This button causes the most recent preview or scan to be saved as TIFF, JPEG, PDF, OCR text, Index and/or Raw files, as specified on the Output tab. If you have just created a preview, the preview will be saved; if you have just done a scan the scan will saved. The only difference will be the resolution of the output file(s) as specified in Input | Preview resolution and Input | Scan resolution -- Crop, Filter, and Color settings will be applied to both previews and scans.
You'll probably just want to save the result of the scan. By setting Input | Auto save to "Scan", files will be saved automatically when you press the Scan button.
Want to make some adjustments to your final scan? You can change the crop, filter, or color settings, without having to re-scan. Simply make the adjustments -- VueScan will refresh the scan in memory and the "Save" button will cause a new file(s) to be saved.
This button causes the most recent preview or scan to printed.
Rotates the image left (counter-clockwise).
Rotates the image right (clockwise).
This button zooms out of the image in the Preview tab, or if the Scan tab is displayed it zooms out of the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
This button zooms into the image in the Preview tab, or if the Scan tab is displayed it zooms into the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
This button goes to the previous frame.
This button goes to the next frame.