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Chapter 3: Opening and Importing Pictures
Microsoft Digital Image Standard User’s Manual
To scan a photo with a flatbed TWAIN or WIA scanner:
1. Connect your scanner to your computer, and then turn on the scanner.
2. Place your picture on the scanner.
3. On the File menu, click Import Pictures
.
4. If more than one device appears in the dialog box, click the one that
represents your scanner.
5. Depending upon the type of scanner you have, you will either see the
Scan Picture pane or the Import Pictures Wizard.
If you see the Scan Picture pane:
1. Select your scanner from the list.
2. Choose the Automatic Scan option from Click a scanning method
.
3. Click Scan
.
If you see the Import Pictures Wizard:
1. If you want to immediately open the scanned picture for editing, click
Open the picture for editing
.
2. Click Next
.
3. Select a place on your hard drive where the scanned picture will be stored
and specify a file format. The default JPEG format is usually an excellent
choice for scanned pictures.
4. Select a scanning method. Most of the time, you should choose
Automatic Scan to get a high quality, color picture.
5. Click Next.