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5. Click the tool you want to use and apply it to the image. The resulting changes will be
displayed in the Image pane. Most of the tools can be applied both to specific pages and to
all of the pages in the document. You can specify which pages you want to edit using the
Selection drop-down list of the tool, where you can select all odd/even pages, the current
page or the selected pages if multiple pages are selected in the Pages pane.
6. After you finish editing images, click the Exit Image Editor button at the top of the Image
Editor.
The image editor contains the following tools:
· Recommended Preprocessing
Depending on the type of your image, the program will automatically determine and apply the
necessary corrections. Corrections that may be applied include noise and blur removal, color
inversion to make the background color lighter than the text, skew correction, straightening of
text lines, correction of trapezoid distortions, and cropping of image borders.
· Deskew
Corrects image skew.
· Straighten Text Lines
Straightens any curved text lines on the image.
· Photo Correction
Tools in this group let you straighten text lines, remove noise and blur, and change the
document's background color to white.
· Correct Trapezoid Distortion
Corrects trapezoid distortions and removes image edges that don't contain any useful data.
When this tool is selected, a blue grid appears on the image. Drag the grid's corners to the
corners of the image so that the grid's horizontal lines become parallel to the text lines. Click
the Correct button to apply the changes.
· Rotate & Flip
Tools in this group let you rotate images and flip them vertically or horizontally to get the text
on the image facing in the right direction.
· Split
Tools in this group let you split the image into parts. This can be useful if you are scanning a
book and need to split facing pages.
· Crop
Removes image edges that don't contain any useful information.
· Invert
Inverts image colors. This can be useful if you're dealing with non-standard text coloring (light
text on a dark background).